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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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SpinningMeSoftly · 20/04/2022 10:16

I'm on my laptop on the desktop site. Must be that then?

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YesItsMeIDontCare · 20/04/2022 10:12

<I'm on the mobile site on my phone>
< I'm on the mobile site on my phone >

I don't get auto capitalisation any more though 😕

SpinningMeSoftly · 20/04/2022 10:08

Maybe it depends on devices / browsers and all that malarkey

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SpinningMeSoftly · 20/04/2022 10:07

@YesItsMeIDontCare You must have a special power

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AbsolutelyNebulous · 20/04/2022 10:07

Aw 😔

AbsolutelyNebulous · 20/04/2022 10:06

<creepy wee brackets>

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 20/04/2022 10:06

Didn’t work for me…

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 20/04/2022 10:06

<Just checking>

Has it worked?

Antarcticant · 20/04/2022 10:06

So it does

Antarcticant · 20/04/2022 10:05

<testing>

YesItsMeIDontCare · 20/04/2022 10:04

<But I love creepy wee brackets>

< But I love creepy wee brackets >

Preview suggests otherwise?

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 20/04/2022 10:02

Ooh! Yes it does, doesn't it?!

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 20/04/2022 10:01

Really <must give that a try> ?

0blio · 20/04/2022 10:01

You're right, that's not good 🤔

0blio · 20/04/2022 10:00

<testing testing>

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