> If you want WYSIWYG, do WYSIWYG. If you want Markdown, show the Markdown. Trust me, it’s meant to be shown. One valuable thing about using Markdown as an dat

> If you want WYSIWYG, do WYSIWYG. If you want Markdown, show the Markdown. Trust me, it’s meant to be shown. One valuable thing about using Markdown as an data storage/exchange format is that it's often easier to manipulate; for example, diffs are normally going to be better, and content edits often easier. Mind you, a proper encoding of a WYSIWYG format, and corresponding tooling, will be better... but for quick-and-dirty that normally works well, Markdown is ultimately pretty good (unfortunately, in my opinion).