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Original poster

Anyone else's < creepy wee brackets > making text disappear?

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SpinningMeSoftly · 20/04/2022 09:58

Since the platform change, I've noticed that if I write text inside < creepy wee brackets > like this but without the spaces, the text and the brackets are invisible in the post; thus depriving the world of my witty asides.

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Original poster
SpinningMeSoftly · 20/04/2022 12:56

HopeMN it'll be because you have superior equipment Grin

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MNHQ
HopeMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:54

ofgs, that'll teach me to try to join in.

MNHQ
HopeMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:54

<>

Original poster
SpinningMeSoftly · 20/04/2022 12:53

Cool, huh?

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Gingernaut · 20/04/2022 12:53

Using the creepy wee brackets without the spaces means there's no text.

FlibbertyGiblets · 20/04/2022 12:52

Tee hee hee

Original poster
SpinningMeSoftly · 20/04/2022 12:52

<just because>

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FlibbertyGiblets · 20/04/2022 12:52

<Oh noes>

Gingernaut · 20/04/2022 12:51

<Creepy wee brackets>

MNHQ
HopeMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:51

pffft. some sites use these bad boys for something other than bolding

MNHQ
HopeMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:50

some sites use these bad boys

MNHQ
HopeMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:50

< worries about French >

MNHQ
HopeMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:50

WAAH! My < sidles in > a disparu!

ScrambledSmegs · 20/04/2022 12:49

I already knew it would do that, I just wanted to join in Grin

Oh this takes me back. Invisible posts, invisible threads, invisible topics - back when this were all fields...

MNHQ
HopeMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:49

<sidles in> ...now I want to test it too

ScrambledSmegs · 20/04/2022 12:47

<oldskool>

Original poster
SpinningMeSoftly · 20/04/2022 12:19

This may actually be the most exciting discovery of my life 😄

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MNHQ
KatyMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:19

We'll put a fix in for this - thank you for flagging!

MNHQ
KatyMumsnet · 20/04/2022 12:19

<testing>

PriamFarrl · 20/04/2022 11:34

Well I’m going to have to try now.

<creepy wee brackets>

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 20/04/2022 11:33

</end>

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 20/04/2022 11:32

Mobile site on my phone and it works

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 20/04/2022 11:31

<test>

GrouchyKiwi · 20/04/2022 11:27

I am also on the desktop, using Edge. Creepy brackets disappeared in my post above.

GrouchyKiwi · 20/04/2022 11:26

<creepy little brackets are fun>

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