[cynwoody]

Something in the software is not understanding UTF-8.

The server is mangling UTF-8 sequences for chars outside the 7-bit ASCII range. These consist of multiple bytes in the 80-FF range. The server looks at each byte of the multi-byte UTF-8 sequence and substitutes an HTML entity. The browser then renders the result as several characters of garbage instead of the character intended.

E.g., E2 80 9C is UTF-8 for the left curly double quote. The server substitutes an entity for circumflex lower case a for the E2, the euro sign for 80, and the trademark symbol for 9C.

[some tech guy]

We went through this before, remember? I remember you when we did this about a month ago.

And you’re completely right.

[some tech guy]

I’ve noticed something.

Right now, I’m posting without preview, and I see that *something* has replaced my standard quotes with smart quotes ... and those worked. They’re curly. My Cantonese Profanity post.

It’s another data point, anyway.

[daniel1212]

The server is mangling UTF-8 sequences for chars outside the 7-bit ASCII range. These consist of multiple bytes in the 80-FF range. The server looks at each byte of the multi-byte UTF-8 sequence and substitutes an HTML entity. The browser then renders the result as several characters of garbage instead of the character intended. E.g., E2 80 9C is UTF-8 for the left curly double quote. The server substitutes an entity for circumflex lower case a for the E2, the euro sign for 80, and the trademark symbol for 9C.

I am glad you are here.