Thread:Talk:Flow Portal/Interactive Prototype/What about all the nice things Wikitext offers us? Will they be available in Flow?/reply (19)

I see the point that a WYSIWYG editor is more user-friendly for beginners and I totally agree. No need for discussion here. However, experienced users are much more productive with simple markup. That's why I'm saying always both possibilities should be given. Changing the system in favor of beginners while scaring off experienced users with the change isn't an option.

Why I'd say it's impossible? Because a computer program can only outdent after a given depth is achieved. This will inevitably lead to cluttering of threads. Human editors are able to tell when an new argument evolves and it is time to outdent. They can judge if a comment is so closely related to the previous that it should stay indented. Humans understand the structure of a discussion while machines never will.