Author here (or rather - people who started this collaborative Hackpad).
1. As for any use of Markdown, it is aimed at short notes and things which are (and should be) more lightweight than full LaTeX (to make them easily editable + make it possible to have them as webpages, etc).
2. Open collaborative pads: I enjoyed a lot collaborative discussions, where anyone can edit. Most of the time results were wonderful (and for this pad, up to 8h ago, it was great). I was both sad and disgusted to see an anus instead of the content (as I see it takes only 2 malicious users among a few dozens to spoil the experience). I reverted them and set some moderation options.
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Author here (or rather - people who started this collaborative Hackpad).
1. As for any use of Markdown, it is aimed at short notes and things which are (and should be) more lightweight than full LaTeX (to make them easily editable + make it possible to have them as webpages, etc).
2. Open collaborative pads: I enjoyed a lot collaborative discussions, where anyone can edit. Most of the time results were wonderful (and for this pad, up to 8h ago, it was great). I was both sad and disgusted to see an anus instead of the content (as I see it takes only 2 malicious users among a few dozens to spoil the experience). I reverted them and set some moderation options.