Am I the only non-sysop here?

[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

@jidanni

About expecting users to Google about Markdown. First they have no way of finding out that it’s called Markdown. Second there’s no help button to get them started to even say that they need to Google for Markdown.

This is where it is up to the forum provider to include a section on the forum for how-tos.

@jidanni

.e., no matter how hard the Discourse authors try to not reveal to the ultimate end user what software package they are actually using, it seems users are still able via this link to figure it out!

(But of course that is if they paid attention to the welcome message, or looked for it in their mailbox years later when they were curious about what they were using.)

As messages/system posts and even Discobot name can be altered. If a forum provider takes the time. They can indeed cloak the identity to a large degree from visitors/members.

A lot comes down to people who setup the forum and what lengths they go; to configure/customize the layout/ui

@jidanni

It seems I just discovered it

At the bottom of Discourse Meta - The Official Support Forum for Discourse we observe “Powered by Discourse”. But that’s not the default for new installations

This is left as a choice by the forum team. I believe the Discourse Team shares some of the ideas of Linux. Many use Linux everyday and don’t know it.