CarlRJ@sukima @atomicpoet @fediversenews @quephird (1) using • around words for emphasis is not a standard, and, just like using individuallly underlined letters, cannot be easily understood by software. Markdown can - simply because of widespread adoption, it’s a standard of sorts.
(2) 50 years since what? Computers have been around far longer, Markdown •far• less long.
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