As an update, I realized it’s a markdown editor, looked up instructions of how to format stuff, and hated every minute of it. It’s such a disincentive for me to post stuff!
If you go to “Edit account”, there’s a check box that says “Activate markdown editor”. If you un-check that one (I would’ve expected it to be unchecked by default, but maybe it isn’t) you get formatting options just by selecting your text.
Yeah, it’s definitely unchecked by default. We are currently working on an editor rework that should get rid of this annoyance. We currently need to allow users to switch to markdown to make it possible for mobile users to properly edit stuff, but that shouldn’t be a problem anymore after we are done with the rework.
As an update, I realized it’s a markdown editor, looked up instructions of how to format stuff, and hated every minute of it. It’s such a disincentive for me to post stuff!
If you go to “Edit account”, there’s a check box that says “Activate markdown editor”. If you un-check that one (I would’ve expected it to be unchecked by default, but maybe it isn’t) you get formatting options just by selecting your text.
Yeah, it’s definitely unchecked by default. We are currently working on an editor rework that should get rid of this annoyance. We currently need to allow users to switch to markdown to make it possible for mobile users to properly edit stuff, but that shouldn’t be a problem anymore after we are done with the rework.
Ugh, thank you. What a nightmare!