[vzaliva]

The idea of building new Usenet-inspired discussion system is great. We can update it with new distributed tech, privacy, etc. However authors chose to limit it to "retro text-only inteface." In my opinion this is a handicap. At least basic hypertext a-la Slack markdown is expected. Otherwise it will appeal only to old users reminsicing about good old times.

[u801e]

A number of NNTP clients supported rendering bold, italic, or underlined text by just adding enclosing asterisks, slashes, or underscores.

[caslon]

Markdown was designed to be human-readable; there's no need to support it at the protocol level or the implementation level. That said, I don't see this appealing to old users, either. IPFS kind of ruins the appeal.

[encryptluks2]

Markdown isn't Slack-esq. By you saying that it makes it seem like you want this to be like some millennial service for kids who grew up on Discord and Twitter.

[Karrot_Kream]

This is such a silly thing to bikeshed over. The oldest millennials are 40. Tastes change with time.