Engine of forum

[tide]

On Friday, 24 August 2018 at 01:43:54 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 8/21/2018 2:41 PM, tide wrote:
>> What about if you accidentially press a button that posts the 
>> comment?
>
> That's really up to your NNTP client's design, which we didn't 
> implement. There are lots of NNTP clients to choose from.

Don't use a NNTP client, I prefer to just use a browser.

>> Why can't syntax formatting be implemented, does anyone 
>> disagree that is a useless feature?
>
> It's a useless feature.
>
> Formatting is needed for longer form text, which is not really 
> appropriate for the forum. Forum posts should be short and to 
> the point - posting an article or manifesto should be posted 
> separately, with a link to it in the forum.
>
> Also, there is no need to post pictures, emoji, banners, or 
> other cruft one sees in other forums. Especially pictures, as 
> those eat up server space and bandwith at a terrifying rate.
>
> Nearly 20 years of the D forum consumes 2,800,000 4K blocks, or 
> somewhat over a gigabyte. Not bad.

So you've never posted a snippet of code on here? I honestly 
doubt that. Syntax formatting is useful even if you only post 2 
lines of code. No wonder these boards are the way they are with 
opinions like that.