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Brendinooo
26 days ago
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Why are we still using Markdown?
I mean I started using it because I don't like using Word or Google Docs and wanted a more portable data format since I was going between Mac and Linux.
There are bunch of reasons why it came to dominate.
krapp
26 days ago
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fair enough, but what alternatives did you have?
Brendinooo
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Depending on the context: plaintext, HTML, BBCode, WYSIWYG editors
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There are bunch of reasons why it came to dominate.