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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Hacker News support Markdown in comme... by RivieraKid on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:39AM (#23439491)
First, the processed form is more readable than the unprocessed form. And second, when I write a comment here in Markdown, what is displayed is worse than unprocessed Markdown. For example lists:

- One - Two

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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Hacker News support Markdown in comme... by satvikpendem on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:49PM (#23440472)
Lists require a new line between each item:

- One

- Two

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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't Hacker News support Markdown in comme... by RivieraKid on Saturday June 06, 2020 @03:19PM (#23441584)
Yeah, but it looks ugly, too much space between the items.
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