I feel like whenever I see the ampersand on this website, it’s followed with “amp;”. I’ve noticed it other places on the internet also. Why does this happen? Is it some programming thing?

Just for a test: &

  • Martin
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    1 year ago

    The problem usually lies with the client rendering the text (maybe due to lack of documentation of the api providing the text). The client needs to be aware that the text it is rendering is html encoded, so it can enable html decoding. The Lemmy clients did not exist in the 90s.