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_Underscores_ still work, even if they don't get converted into <u></u>, they convey the meaning just fine. Similar to how people use ">" to indicate quotes, e

• phailhaus 5y ago
  Interesting. It doesn't work for me; I have to remember that underscores parse to italics and then "apply it in my head", rather than just reading italics, which gives them a distinctly different quality. For example, I just heard your response in my head as "Underscores still work", which is different from "Underscores still work." They also don't pop out as much when scanning text, as italics do visually. I have to spot the underscore before and after the word, and it really doesn't work if you try to emphasize more than one word. At least with the ">", it's at the beginning of the line and in a separate paragraph.