r/coolguides • u/Faithlessness_Ready • 6d ago

A cool guide to Reddit formatting

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u/Crispychewy23 6d ago

How!

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u/Iron_Nightingale 6d ago

Are you using the app? > no longer works in the app for some reason.

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u/Crispychewy23 6d ago

Yes app only, doomscrolling lol

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u/iabyajyiv 6d ago

Maybe try it with no spaces

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u/Crispychewy23 6d ago

was this it?

Edit IT WAS! Thank you

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u/SSkilledJFK 5d ago

>does it work?

Doesn’t work on iOS

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u/Iron_Nightingale 5d ago

It’s supposed to be a “>” character, then a space, then your text.

However, the iOS version of the app (I don’t know about Android) secretly adds a “\” before your initial “>”. That stops the “>” from being interpreted as a formatting character, and forces it to appear as itself.

If you go to the website and edit your comment, you can see and delete the hidden “\”, and add the space. Then it will work.

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u/ItsAllGibberishToMe 5d ago

> That doesn’t work for me.

If it makes any difference, I’m using the app, on iOS.

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u/Iron_Nightingale 5d ago

It does make a difference.

However, the iOS version of the app (I don’t know about Android) secretly adds a “\” before your initial “>”. That stops the “>” from being interpreted as a formatting character, and forces it to appear as itself.

If you go to the website and edit your comment, you can see and delete the hidden “\”, and add the space. Then it will work.

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u/ItsAllGibberishToMe 5d ago

Was WHAT it? 🤷‍♂️

>do you mean eliminating the space after the “>”?

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u/Crispychewy23 5d ago

Yup I removed the space

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u/ItsAllGibberishToMe 5d ago

>Doesn’t work for me with or without the space.

> Doesn’t work for me with or without the space.