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Re:Why Is Markdown Popular? by cygx on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:29AM (#33368966)
Yes. In particular a 'lightweight' variant, cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_markup_language
Re:Why Is Markdown Popular? by halfbrite on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:54AM (#33369152)
This wikipedia page includes reference to WhatsApp... Should it?

I understand that you can use bold, italic, underline, but that is where the comparison ends - the answer to Features is "No" in the comparison table versus others. Not all other comparisons include it.

It's almost as if someone shoe-horned it in for greater visibility. "Hey look at our app, it's better than competitors because it's listed here!" Yet it's competitors offer the same or more.