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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: &

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[-] YaksDC@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

& amp; is the html code for the symbol &. It is just not being parsed correctly so you are seeing the code.

(I had to add a space so it would show it)

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