I had made a patch to make HN (and AF) allow users to quote text. I tweeted it at pg (possibly rtm also; I don't recall), and posted it on this forum (http://arclanguage.com/item?id=14701), and nothing came of it. It's really too bad; markdown has quote functionality, and the things users currently do are quite inferior (two spaces make code, not quotes; a ">" character looks ugly and doesn't obviously stand out).
Hold on to the patch as it may still be useful. Who knows, something may come of a well coordinated movement by AF members to get the attention of pg and rtm. Even a 100 year language needs an active community. :)
