Description: It appears that Reddit has decided to know what is best for me and start escaping markdown characters that appear in comments (and probably posts?) that I attempt to make. There is also a new "formatting" button that must first be tapped to determine which markdown style you'd like to apply, and then select a formatting option, and then type. This results in more interactions with the screen than simply typing "> ", for example.
Additionally, the available formatting options are seemingly limited only to: bold, italic, strikethrough, heading, spoiler, and link. There appears to be no labels for these, so good luck identifying what the "caution" sign means when attempting to format your text.
Lastly, there appears to be no setting to disable this option, which feels like a huge oversight. I would genuinely consider this to be significantly worse user experience in every way.
Device Model: Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
OS Version: iOS 26.3.1 (a)
Steps to reproduce:
- Install latest Reddit app
- Attempt to type a comment with markdown formatting; something like *test*.
- Submit the comment
- Watch as backslashes get automatically added to your comment to escape markdown formatting characters
Expected result: test
Actual result: *test*