Whether you're posting on Reddit, Discord, or Github, there's only one way to add formatting: Markdown. If you want to add a link, bold some text, or even split text into paragraphs, you will need to know the basics of this text-based formatting system.
Does that sound scary? Trust me, it’s not. Markdown has just a few rules for formatting text the way you want, and you only need to learn the rules for the formatting you actually use.
Let's go over the simple rules, talk about why Markdown is useful, then take a look at a few resources you can use to go further with Markdown.
The Basics of Markdown
Markdown is a way to apply rich formatting to plaintext by adding certain characters to it. On platforms like Discord or Reddit, where messages are short and relatively simple, you really only need to learn a few basics:
To italicize text, put an asterisk before and after it, *like this*
To bold text, put two asterisks before and after it, **like this**
text, put two asterisks before and after it, **like this** To include a link, put the text of the link in square brackets followed immediately by the URL in parentheses, [Like this](https://justinpot.com/)
To add an image, start with an exclamation point, with the square bracket containing a description of the image, and the parentheses containing a link to an image file, 
To start a new paragraph, hit Enter twice, so that there's a clear line between the current line of text and the next one.
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