I see some people write comments that are for example - in italics.
I do not see any way of doing that while writing my comments. Why is it so?
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**bold**
***bold and italics***
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More details here: Text Formatting Now Allowed In Comments
As for why the site doesn't tell you how to do this, I can't say.
The site now has a "help" link when writing a comment which tells you exactly what I have written above.
*no space* *with space *
=> no space *with space *
Click the Help link under the button Add comment to see a summary of the available formatting options.
Use *
*
around your text for italics like this
Use **
**
around your text for bold like this
Use ***
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around your text for bold italics like this.