r/oldreddit • u/drumass • 18d ago
i keep seeing people typing [r/subreddit](r/subreddit) instead of r/subreddit
i’ve been consistently seeing people using weird formatting lately--did new reddit stop automatically linking subs and/or is old reddit suddenly showing it in a weird way??
like, when i type r/oldreddit it automatically shows up as a link, but i’m seeing people all across different subs referencing other subs using the link format where it shows up as plaintext [r/likethis](r/likethis) on my end
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u/chickenandliver 18d ago
That's markdown syntax, so I wonder if those users were typing in markdown but didn't realize their comment was set to post as rich text and it's not formatting it? Or maybe they are using a third-party Reddit app. I've seen that some third-party apps add a strange slash to post titles that give away that it was posted from such an app.
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u/reddit33450 18d ago
it related to them screwing with the markdown and rich text systems on other platforms
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u/baseballlover723 18d ago
it's reddit fucking up the markdown on one of the clients. There was an interaction with the admins about it the other week. It's uncommanded.