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? asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 3 years ago

What's this weird glitch in Yahoo Answers that makes apostrophes disappear?

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  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    I miss the old Yahoo Answers where we never had glitches I joined in 2010 I have an old private account but I never use it I made this one a few years ago I didn't start using it till this past year yet I just keep refreshing the page until it works

  • Daniel
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    If you use a Mobile Device thats why Phones have Problems with Apostrophes for some reason Versus the Computer there are no Problems

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    It's in the behind-the-scenes programming and is rarely an issue if you're using a computer (or desktop mode). A lot of sites don't handle "special characters" well, especially when coming from a mobile device. It takes additional programming to display them correctly because they come across differently when using a mobile device (much like someone speaking your language but with a really odd accent).

  • 3 years ago

    That is been around for years and occurs mostly with mobiles. It is a problem with the translation from phone code to computer server code.

  • 3 years ago

    When you submit a question it seems to have an error with the code and it replaces the apostrophes with a line of code instead of just the line. Probably something simple to fix but it rarely appears and generally will only be seen if you are appealing something

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