Example: <><><><><>

<><><><><>

Me too.

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I sense a disturbance in the Sift...

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The character probably isn't correctly converted into an extended one. The workaround is to use the extended code instead of the actual character (in this case it would be >_; without the _). Here's a list of special characters in HTML

***** mine don't

Strange.

Like campiondelmondo suggested, use the HTML entity: &lt;

< = <
&lt; = <

It's to keep us from saying things like "blankfist < xxovercastxx". The SiftLords want us to use positive language like "xxovercastxx > blankfist".

My bad, confused less than with greater than.

Like T-man said, it would be &lt; instead of &gt;