&gt; Why the downvotes?!<p>Probably because of the needless profanity and lack of an explanation for your statement (my best guess, I did not downvote you).<p>&gt; bells and whistles<p>These kind of features are completely unnecessary for developers, but are useful for the less tech-savvy team members. The markup is not hidden, so it provides a way to learn some basic MarkDown (good!). That in turn improves communication, which improves your product.<p>Beware of the fallacy of believing that because someone finds the time to polish their product or add seemingly simple features, they don&#x27;t invest resources in more complex features or research and development. These are not mutually exclusive goals, even though resources are by definition limited.