[adamhyde]

Yes and notice how few have used it even here. Most replies are plain text.

[ahoge]

Paragraphs and emphasis are frequently used here.

[adamhyde]

paragraphs are plain text :)

[ahoge]

No, they are not. It's not directly spit into an element with white-space: pre-line or white-space: pre.

It's converted into paragraphs. Just like stuff inside asterisks is converted into emphasis.

[adamhyde]

sigh. plain text paragraphs cant be claimed to be invented by markdown. sorry. good try tho.

[ahoge]

Invented? You are missing the point.

The comments are written in a markup language (Markdown, UBB, whatever...) which is then converted to HTML.

It's transformed and not displayed as-is.

[adamhyde]

Thats like saying BP invented oil. To claim a plaintext only comment, sans markdown syntax, as markdown is a big stretch to make. But I understand you will want to make that stretch inorder to justify the magic utility of the format. Thats a big whatever from me.

Anyway. Im not going to argue this further. Agreed to disagree.