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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by dingaling on Friday April 03, 2026 @03:29PM (#47631051)
But Usenet style didn't have a trendy name, an 'inventor' or Github stars. So it didn't exist.
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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by geerlingguy on Friday April 03, 2026 @09:58PM (#47634846)
GitHub stars weren't a thing when Markdown was roughly codified. Was GitHub even around then?
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Re:Why the heck are we still using Markdown? by Jtsummers on Saturday April 04, 2026 @09:32AM (#47638932)
Git wasn't even around.
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