What's with the undecoded color spec in posts lately?

Question

Lately, I often see several posts a day that contain the text string

background_color_rgba (0, 0, 0, 0), font_color_rgb (77, 77, 77), justifyLeft

that is an attempt to add color to the text, but it just shows up as text.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

FYI... I'm using Chrome on both my Windows PC and my Android tablet, both show the same thing.

TrueConfection · Accepted Answer

I have noticed one thing that could be related in posts;

Each profile picture has a "background" (pink for girls, blue for boys).

Some of them are a bit fancier with an ombre effect that continues all the way around the profile picture.

Occasionally, I see them missing or just monochrome. It looks like the color string is missing. I thought it was a coding error..

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

I'm no expert but I've had that when I've copied and pasted something into gag. I sometimes use Samsung notes to write questions and if it's not 100% plain text you'll get a string like that.

I wonder if people are using Google translate to write questions and that's a side effect.

FunkyMonkee · Accepted Answer

I've seen a couple of those, too. I just figured they were a glitch in the site or, they were copy/pasted from somewhere else and that was how the site deals with the directions to change the colour of a word from another "program".

GirlsAskGuys · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Android has done an update that has created this issue which is why you are seeing this on certain posts. We are aware of the issue and are creating an update to correlate with Androids for our next update on site.

nolabels · Answer

The only time that I've seen that on one of my posts was when I submitted a comment from my Android phone, rather than from my usual G@Ging device, a Windows laptop.

RageBabe · Answer

Someone else made a similar post, and I'm not sure what it is, but I saw it again today. I wonder when it will be fixed; surely administration is aware of it.

sawno · Answer

Sometimes I wonder if its a bot tripping up, but with this site you never know. Can just be their formatting breaking.

WhiteSteve · Answer

“Undecoded color specs”…. I don’t think there’s anyone I’ve learned more random things from on here than you😝

Lliam · Answer

I've seen that stuff on GAG, too, and wondered what the heck it meant.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

I have been seeing that happening.

NathanDavis · Answer

at this point... I am seeing more posts about this bug, than the actual bug... lmao

Account · Answer

I am encountering this terrible and incredibly annoying issue too.

Massageman · Answer

Incompatible copying of info. Picked up/transferred/used as literal code rather than the color the code represents.

NightRaven7 · Answer

I have seen this a few posts. I don't know what they are saying.

Anonymous · Answer

They are probably using AI to copy and paste their opinions, and it is causing this glitch.

msc545 · Answer

I am ocasionallky getting this too, no idea why. It looks like a coding error.

Sonora · Answer

I've wondered what the heck that was!

ArrowheadSW · Answer

No, I have not seen that!

Anonymous · Answer

I wonder the same, it looks weird.

What's with the undecoded color spec in posts lately?

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