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Q&A Markdown spoiler sections - is there any need?

Using HTML is easy enough. There is no need for a redundant Markdown, as long as how to do spoilers is documented where it can be easily found. In general, it would be nice if there was a way to ...

posted 7mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2026-03-06T15:34:19Z (7 months ago)
Using HTML is easy enough.  There is no need for a redundant Markdown, as long as how to do spoilers is documented where it can be easily found.

In general, it would be nice if there was a way to opt out of markdown for your whole account.  Too often I find Markdown being unintentionally triggered by normal syntax.