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0 pointsKiro1y ago0 comments

Different thing. Using visible _ is a conscious choice.

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efilife1y ago· 3 in thread

Why?

KiroOP1y ago

It looks nice and has been a staple in hacker culture for decades, long before we had rich text and were just chatting on IRC.

It doesn't look nice at all to me. Real emphasis looks way nicer, that's its purpose. Now that we have rich text, why not utilize it?

sph1y ago

Also it looks like _underlined_ text

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