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In this picture you can see it in the title of the one post. I have noticed itnin comments sections as well.

I see this nearly daily.

I remember seeing a different code on comments as well. It was something like  

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[–] OverfedRaccoon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've read somewhere along the way that this is a Lemmy issue, not an app issue. I believe it's being addressed by the devs.

[–] Papercrane@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good to know, I'm on liftoff and I see it too. I just thought that the app wasn't bug free

[–] breathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reading that headline while on Android is hilarious.

"On Android I see & instead of &..."

Thank you for the giggle.

[–] breathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except, somehow, in the comments section, it comes out right! Will our torture never end?!

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Client side I'm searching for this string and replacing it, will probably have to extend it to post titles.

[–] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You are not alone.

While a little annoying, they are what are known as HTML entities: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entities.asp

& is used for ampersand (the and symbol, &) and   is for non breaking space (a line break without a space between lines/paragraphs). The link I posted lists a lot of them.

Edit: & and & come out the same way in the comments! ಠ⁠⁠೧ಠ