It’s nice to be able to post using markdown - it will also make posting code more natural
print("Hello, Mastodon!")
Although I’ve noticed that on the iOS app I’m using (the official one), markdown is not rendered. It is on the web platform.
Not sure about other apps…
PS: I believe this is not a feature on all servers…
@trinsec so does that mean that only QOTO members are likely to see the markdown, and everyone else just sees the plain text?
@s_gruppetta Everybody else without markdown support will see some of the markdown adornments, which makes it still readable and still conveys the intent. And we see it in its pretty format here.
I know bold and italics will be shown with those asterisks around. Not sure about the rest.
Pleroma, Misskey, Mastodon Glitch, all microblogging servers which should be able to see markdown. There’s more than just Mastodon. :)
@s_gruppetta I'm not seeing it from Tusky on Android (and fosstodon.org server).
@mattkram One of the admins on QOTO explained that it’s only visible as markdown by the QOTO server, unfortunately, which sort of defeats the purpose a bit!
@s_gruppetta You’ve got me envious now! I would love to see markdown as a feature. Below is how this appears for me using the official Mastodon iOS app.
@allenellis I’ve since discovered only people on my server (and any others that implement markdown) see the markdown. Everyone else sees the plain text version. Which defeats the purpose for me!
@allenellis FWIW, this is what it appears for those on the #qoto server – but it makes it a bit pointless to create toots with markdown when most people will see a plain text version of it!
@s_gruppetta Markdown is not a default Mastodon feature. Qoto has it, and the servers running the Mastodon Glitch Edition also knows markdown. Not sure about others.
Apps are usually made for default Mastodon… so I think most apps probably won’t support it. Personally I prefer the mobile web interface, it’s very mobile friendly.