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[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

It's been standard since the early days of email and Usenet.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

Not entirely sure what you're referring to, but if you mean that it's not only markdown, absolutely - what's immediately relevant here is that it is markdown we're using here, which can be used to look up formatting and is useful to know where else this syntax will work.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Just that that quoting convention has been used forever.

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