[lloydatkinson]

Because outside of the bubble not everyone knows or wants to use emacs. Markdown is a lot more well used.

[japanman425]

Wtf is org mode? - 70% of people here, 100% of people outside of here.

[lavventura]

Org Mode = `Your life in plain text`. Link: https://orgmode.org

[lloydatkinson]

Exactly this. HN really does exist in this weird bubble.

[lavventura]

You are not required to use emacs for the org mode. Org files can be edited with any flat-text editor (e.g., Vim, Atom, or Visual Studio Code), and many have plugins that help create and manage Org files.

[lloydatkinson]

Almost all of those already fully support plain text and markdown without plugins. It's never gonna happen.