Do people have opinions on djot?

It’s made by John MacFarlane of panddoc fame as an effort to make the syntax simpler and easier to parse.

Not sure what I think about it myself.

@baldur At first blush, I (a) totally understand all the motivations and even agree with most of them, but (b) think it just feels worse on a few of them—particularly emphasis vs. strong emphasis and list structures—though admittedly also better on a few others, namely quotes.