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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by singpolyma3 on Friday April 03, 2026 @02:41PM (#47630405)
Stepped right on the rake though because it uses sigils which were common, but requires they be used in uncommon ways (by doubling etc) which it why most chat UIs don't actually use markdown
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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by packetlost on Friday April 03, 2026 @04:06PM (#47631550)
Somehow basically only Discord gets it almost perfectly right though.
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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by devmor on Saturday April 04, 2026 @10:04AM (#47639180)
Which is very recent. Discord only added full markdown support a couple years ago.
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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by packetlost on Saturday April 04, 2026 @12:33PM (#47640571)
Even when they only had a subset, that subset was correct
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