**Bug**

**What is the current behavior?**

IE11 Windows 10 text area placeholder not rendering initially.
[https://jsfiddle.net/fztx6vqp/](https://jsfiddle.net/fztx6vqp/)

**What is the expected behavior?**

Placeholder should be visible on initial render.

**Which versions of React, and which browser / OS are affected by this issue? Did this work in previous versions of React?**

16.0.0, IE11, Windows 10
Appears to be a regression in 16.0.0 - #6731 

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      var nextProp = rawProps[propKey];
      if (propKey === CHILDREN) {
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        if (typeof nextProp === 'string') {
          if (domElement.textContent !== nextProp) {
            if (__DEV__ && !suppressHydrationWarning) {
              warnForTextDifference(domElement.textContent, nextProp);
            }
            updatePayload = [CHILDREN, nextProp];
          }
        } else if (typeof nextProp === 'number') {
          if (domElement.textContent !== '' + nextProp) {