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		CitrusFruits on April 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for f... I think what I was trying to get across is that you can do things more in a blog post styles as opposed to Twitter style quick bites. But maybe you're right it's not worth mentioning. The copy for the site hasn't gone through any focus group testing or anything like that.

LadyCoconut on April 17, 2022 | [–]

Rich text formatting definitely is a plus for me in a social media app! I think it's better to specify such things, especially for users coming from Facebook/Twitter/etc with Facebook/Twitter-like expectations.

civilized on April 16, 2022 | [–]

I think it's a good feature. The FB text box is almost insulting in its lack of features and options.

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