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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody else getting weird script on DU posts?
I read a post just now, and it looked like this...
"My bff�s son, who I�ve written here about a few times..."
Several others, too.
I did nothing to bring this about.
Any help?
marybourg
(12,611 posts)aka-chmeee
(1,132 posts)demmiblue
(36,838 posts)oregonjen
(3,335 posts)Coventina
(27,093 posts)machI
(1,285 posts)I cannot concentrate on the topic while an ad is shifting and changing at the edge of my vision.
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House of Roberts
(5,168 posts)rurallib
(62,406 posts)the apostrophes seem to translate to garbage. Thus up there you have "bff's son" and "I've written"
so eventually you learn that the garbage is an apostrophe.
Edit to add - this has been going on for me for years on various sites. dailykos is really bad
Squinch
(50,936 posts)Ohiogal
(31,963 posts)Nikki28
(557 posts)I was afraid someone hacked the place.It also looked like Russia writing. Not to mention the annoying ads.
EarlG
(21,942 posts)Its a problem with the character set. Smart quotes arent being recognized by some browsers so a weird question mark is being substituted. This is related to updates weve been doing this week.
Its not a security issue just annoying. Sorry about that. Were working on a fix.
blaze
(6,354 posts)But I'm sorry you have this annoying problem to work on.
chillfactor
(7,573 posts)and every time I click on a post I get a blank out screen in the bottom of my laptop screen and have to click on x in order to erase the frustrating screen.
Coventina
(27,093 posts)EarlG
(21,942 posts)When you're seeing way too many ads, are you on mobile by any chance? What browser are you using?
Coventina
(27,093 posts)Thanks!!!
(Sorry for the late reply, I'd gone out for a walk!)
KG
(28,751 posts)yonder
(9,663 posts)after not seeing any posts about it. Whew, this is a relief personally thinking I'd been hacked but I pretty much had isolated it to DU.
rurallib
(62,406 posts)There are certain things I can do only in one or the other.
I have noticed over the past couple of days that in Safari link to tweets pop up inside of posts on DU. The I am looking at DU in Chrome I have to click on the tweet to see it.
Similarly in Chrome I get the garbage you are talking about, whereas in Safari I do not get the garbage.
So it appears to be the browser. Looks like when I am on DU I need to use Safari.
AllaN01Bear
(18,119 posts)started yesterday.
am using sea monkey. did a test on artic fox, not there . using ad block and adblock plus plus for those .
BannonsLiver
(16,352 posts)NCDem47
(2,248 posts)I emptied cache, turned off ad blocker and turned back on and all issues went away.
It's something to do with the apostrophe, for sure.