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I supported an effort to standardize Markdown into an actual common syntax, instead of the nasty variation we see between GitHub, Reddit, Stack Overflow, Atlass
by n4jm4 4y ago
I supported an effort to standardize Markdown into an actual common syntax, instead of the nasty variation we see between GitHub, Reddit, Stack Overflow, Atlassian, etc. etc. This became CommonMark, which everyone ignores.
- polygamous_bat 4y agoI am sorry. However, XKCD did warn us about this: https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
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- avgcorrection 4y ago> 14 competing standards MarkDown didn’t have any standards to begin with, just different implementations for different platforms. Tired 927 refuted.
- bosswipe 4y agoIf Gruber had gotten behind that initiative it probably would've worked but he was weirdly antagonistic to it.