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commenting

reddit has a unique commenting system, as the sort options are akin to the main reddit page, but with an ascending/descending toggle.

Comments may also be viewed as nested or flat, depending on how you roll. Access the comments of a link by clicking on the # comments button beneath each headline.

As for formatting your comments, here's a reference table (can also be accessed from every comment page clicking ►help).

For more syntax options, check out Markdown Syntax.

you type:you see:
*italics*italics
**bold**bold
[reddit!](http://reddit.com)

(would be nice if (reddit!)[http://reddit.com] worked as well, but it doesn't...) note: you need to escape parentheses in URLs with the backslash.

reddit!
* item1
* item2
* item3
  • item 1
  • item 2
  • item 3
1. item1
2. item2
57. item3
  1. item 1
  2. item 2
  3. item 3
> quoted text
quoted text
(tab or 4 spaces)preformatted text
preformatted text
blah blah `inline code text` blah blah

(NB: those are backticks - top left of your keyboard.)

blah blah inline code text blah blah