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albacore

(2,387 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:46 PM Jul 2020

Anybody 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?

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Anybody else getting weird script on DU posts? (Original Post) albacore Jul 2020 OP
Mods are aware. marybourg Jul 2020 #1
Seeing it the same way here. nt aka-chmeee Jul 2020 #2
Yes: demmiblue Jul 2020 #3
Yes and twice as many ads, as well oregonjen Jul 2020 #4
Yep, same here. The site is almost unreadable, now. Coventina Jul 2020 #6
The constantly changing ads bother me. machI Jul 2020 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Jul 2020 #23
I posted about this earlier House of Roberts Jul 2020 #5
yea- I have figured that when people post copied scripts with apostrophes in them rurallib Jul 2020 #7
Yes. Squinch Jul 2020 #8
YES! skylucy Jul 2020 #9
Yes, me, too. Ohiogal Jul 2020 #10
the same Nikki28 Jul 2020 #11
Hi, it's not a script EarlG Jul 2020 #12
LOL... sorry, I just had to laugh at all the examples in your post. blaze Jul 2020 #14
yes.... chillfactor Jul 2020 #13
It's an ad. I have way more ads now than I've ever had before. n/t Coventina Jul 2020 #17
Hi there EarlG Jul 2020 #22
Hi Earl G! I'm on Chrome on a Chromebook. Coventina Jul 2020 #24
ads all over the place KG Jul 2020 #15
All afternoon. Sent a long note to the administrators yonder Jul 2020 #16
I use both Google Chrome and Apple Safari as browsers rurallib Jul 2020 #18
me three. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #19
Yes, apostrophes apparently set it off. BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #20
Yes. NCDem47 Jul 2020 #25
Yes ananda Jul 2020 #26
Here too. Talitha Jul 2020 #27

machI

(1,285 posts)
21. The constantly changing ads bother me.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:11 PM
Jul 2020

I cannot concentrate on the topic while an ad is shifting and changing at the edge of my vision.

Response to oregonjen (Reply #4)

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
7. yea- I have figured that when people post copied scripts with apostrophes in them
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:49 PM
Jul 2020

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

Nikki28

(557 posts)
11. the same
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:51 PM
Jul 2020

I was afraid someone hacked the place.It also looked like Russia writing. Not to mention the annoying ads.

EarlG

(21,894 posts)
12. Hi, it's not a script
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:55 PM
Jul 2020

It’s a problem with the character set. Smart quotes aren’t being recognized by some browsers so a weird question mark is being substituted. This is related to updates we’ve been doing this week.

It’s not a security issue — just annoying. Sorry about that. We’re working on a fix.

blaze

(6,270 posts)
14. LOL... sorry, I just had to laugh at all the examples in your post.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:58 PM
Jul 2020

But I'm sorry you have this annoying problem to work on.

chillfactor

(7,566 posts)
13. yes....
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:55 PM
Jul 2020

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.

EarlG

(21,894 posts)
22. Hi there
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:13 PM
Jul 2020

When you're seeing way too many ads, are you on mobile by any chance? What browser are you using?

Coventina

(26,874 posts)
24. Hi Earl G! I'm on Chrome on a Chromebook.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:09 PM
Jul 2020

Thanks!!!



(Sorry for the late reply, I'd gone out for a walk!)

yonder

(9,631 posts)
16. All afternoon. Sent a long note to the administrators
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 05:59 PM
Jul 2020

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

(62,346 posts)
18. I use both Google Chrome and Apple Safari as browsers
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:02 PM
Jul 2020

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

(17,383 posts)
19. me three.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:05 PM
Jul 2020

started yesterday.
am using sea monkey. did a test on artic fox, not there . using ad block and adblock plus plus for those .

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