A New Way To Comment!
Improvements to the Tracking Angle comments section
After some constructive feedback, Tracking Angle is excited to implement a new formatting system for reader comments. Our comments section now supports Markdown, an incredibly easy markup language that anyone can quickly learn. With this formatting system, your multi-paragraph comments section essays might finally draw an audience, rather than being a massive wall of text that elicits the response of “too long; didn’t read.” Here’s a simple guide to using Markdown when writing comments (also available as a table here):
Bold text: Use two asterisks on each side of the text you’re trying to bold. When writing your comment, it will look like: **emphasized bold text**.
Italics: Same as above, except with only one asterisk on each end. Example: *italic text*.
Block quote: Some commenters like to quote us to argue their point. For this, use the block quote feature by typing > at the beginning of the quote. This makes your block quote centered, italicized, and bolded. Then, continue your prose masterpiece in the next paragraph.
Lists: Now you can list all the reasons you don’t like Matchbox 20, or rank every Rolling Stones album to prove that Hackney Diamonds lands right at the very bottom. Make your points through an unordered bulleted list, preceding each point with a hyphen and a space. Or, you can make a numbered list, with numbers immediately followed by a period, then your statement. Numbered lists are only in sequential order—ex. 1, 2, 3—with no reverse countdown ability.
Links: Insert links in your text with the code [text](hyperlink). No space between [text] and (hyperlink).
Headings: A very convenient way for you to identify which part of your essay we actually need to read. Use # followed by a space for a large heading, ## then space for a medium heading, or ### then space for a small heading.
Here’s what a well-organized comment will look like as you type it:
Now it’s your turn to use these tips and comment away!
