As a person with basic programming knowledge, who interacts with many many non-devs, I can say with confidence that the majority of non-devs would be confused with markdown syntax (or not want to learn it) and the UX would suffer as a result.
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As a person with basic programming knowledge, who interacts with many many non-devs, I can say with confidence that the majority of non-devs would be confused with markdown syntax (or not want to learn it) and the UX would suffer as a result.