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[โ€“] density@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk who in the world would change > from being blockquote to some kind of list. It is a standard used since long before markdown ever existed. A list and a quote are totally dissimilar parts of document and switching to render one as the other would be terribly confusing.

The point of md is simple interoperability and portability.

For anyone who is interested: markdown basic syntax. I do not think the above constututes a flavour of md.

[โ€“] Lionir@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

There is no Markdown standard. That said, people generally agree on using > for blockquotes when talking about Markdown. Markdown was also not created for interoperability and portability though many people try to use it as such.