Note that it's standard markdown syntax, and also that the contents of the quote are also markdown and should support standard formatting (including nesting quotes inside them)

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's been standard since the early days of email and Usenet.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not entirely sure what you're referring to, but if you mean that it's not only markdown, absolutely - what's immediately relevant here is that it is markdown we're using here, which can be used to look up formatting and is useful to know where else this syntax will work.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Just that that quoting convention has been used forever.