• @[email protected]OP
    32•1 year ago
    > *[@username](profile_link)* said:
>
> > Original quote from the person
>
> Source: [Link to the source](source_link)

    For example:

    > [@GodOfThunder@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/u/GodOfThunder) said:
>
> > How would you quote someone using CommonMark markdown syntax?
>
> [Source](https://lemm.ee/post/1063209)

    Result:

    @[email protected] said:

    How would you quote someone using CommonMark markdown syntax?

    Source

    • Izzy
      5•1 year ago

      Very customizable. I do wish you could simply highlight some text and click the quote button, but this is fine. It’s weird that you need a blank quote link in order to connect two lines of quotes.

      @[email protected] said:

      I would like to know what template would people prefer.

      • southsamurai
        3•1 year ago

        Nah, it’s so that every line in the quotes is connected without having to have an extra ending notation.

        Like the way spoliers work on lemmy, you have to ::: at the end, or the software doesn’t know that you’re done.

        With quotes, though, that can’t work because you’d need two symbols, which is more confusing than just making sure that every line in quote block is fronted with the >

  • @[email protected]OP
    17•1 year ago

    Github style:

    > If you need to find a post, don't use search engines or indexers, use lemmy's own search page, which allows you to filter by community if you wish. Its been a concious decision from the beginning to not favor SEO over simple urls.
> 
> *Originally posted by @dessalines in [#839 (comment)](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/839#issuecomment-1304368786)*

    Result:

    If you need to find a post, don’t use search engines or indexers, use lemmy’s own search page, which allows you to filter by community if you wish. Its been a concious decision from the beginning to not favor SEO over simple urls.

    Originally posted by @dessalines in #839 (comment)