I'm really happy to see this. It's actually quite frustrating that although markdown is so nice, it barely has a consistent standard. It's almost impossible to use it cross-service.
Hopefully now that Github has standardised their own flavour of it (and quite a nice flavour too), more people will start to use it.
Hopefully now that Github has standardised their own flavour of it (and quite a nice flavour too), more people will start to use it.
Of course there is the obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/927/