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by bobisme 3891 days ago
That's because underlining is inferior typography. It's from back in the typewriter days when the only way to add emphasis was to back up and put underscores underneath the text. Either bold or italic is more preferable.
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Underlining also represents the thing you often do with a pen on printed text. It's perfectly OK and useful type of formatting online.
That's well and good, but the reason that it is appropriate when using a pen on printed text is that the vast majority of people don't differentiate their penmanship when representing emphasized text.

Historically underlined content == actionable hyperlink; for content that is intended for public consumption (ie. not a note that you're writing for your own use) there are usability issues with typographic styles that represent emphasis with an underline.