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Re:Isso – Open Source Alternative to Disqus by pdx on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @01:56PM (#8954928)
I love the idea, but I don't love forcing non-technical users to learn Markdown.

Hmmm, actually, it occurs to me that formatted comments are in general, annoying and ugly, so perhaps hiding the fact that formatting is even possible by not providing formatting buttons, is just fine.

Re:Isso – Open Source Alternative to Disqus by alexcasalboni on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @03:56PM (#8955812)
Nobody likes Markdown. And even who does, can't really use it.

Here is an analysis worth reading: http://ux.stackexchange.com/a/15929/57347