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People wouldn't use it if a better option was available. Lots of people are familiar with Markdown, which lets you start a line with > to have it quoted, but HN
by kylec 9y ago
People wouldn't use it if a better option was available. Lots of people are familiar with Markdown, which lets you start a line with > to have it quoted, but HN does nothing with this syntax so it looks ugly and as a consequence people don't do it.