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rurallib

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7. yea- I have figured that when people post copied scripts with apostrophes in them

Reply to albacore (Original post)

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

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Anybody else getting weird script on DU posts? [View all] 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