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Re:Things Markdown got wrong by combatentropy on Saturday April 04, 2020 @10:58AM (#22778573)
> I don't think <strong> meant <em> but more so

I guess it was an HTML 4 thing, the standard at the time of Markdown, https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.2.1

<em>: emphasis.

<strong>: stronger emphasis.

I see that HTML 5 has tweaked their descriptions, https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics....

<em>: stress emphasis

<strong>: strong importance, seriousness, or urgency

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Re:Things Markdown got wrong by Vinnl on Saturday April 04, 2020 @01:03PM (#22779586)
Huh, I guess it was.

Anyway, it was all a whole lot of "semantics-washing" anyway; it's lot like people strictly adhere to strong rules of when text should appear bold or in italics anyway.

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Re:Things Markdown got wrong by adrianhel on Saturday April 04, 2020 @04:15PM (#22781133)
Agree. It's really missing the point of how this has been used in reality for the sake of promoting semantics in an area where semantics rarely matter.
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Re:Things Markdown got wrong by cornishpixels on Saturday April 04, 2020 @12:48PM (#22779446)
HTML 4 was not the standard at the time of Markdown. XHTML was.
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