There is some merit to it, because HTML is more expressive. On the other hand, usability of editor and drafts is terrible, and lack of standardization in content markup is bad for the content’s health. I write posts in Latex and convert them to HTML with a regexp script...
The editor for posts is not the same as the editor for comments; it’s a WYSIWYG editor and the key is those little buttons at the top.
Fixed it for you, anyway, although the “beginner” and “advanced” links seem to reference the same post.
Was that a design decision? Who made it? And where do they live?
There is some merit to it, because HTML is more expressive. On the other hand, usability of editor and drafts is terrible, and lack of standardization in content markup is bad for the content’s health. I write posts in Latex and convert them to HTML with a regexp script...
fixed