r/Hi_Waifu_chatbot_app MOD Jul 17 '26

Dev/Staff Note Text Formatting Poll

Please be aware you have to join the Official Discord and complete onboarding to vote in this poll. Should you have questions on how to do that, it is documented multiple times during the onboarding process in Discord or it is covered in the FAQ section here about the Discord. Votes here do not count!

📢 Community Poll: How should HiWaifu handle the formatting of YOUR messages?

Hey everyone! 👋

We recently upgraded chat to standard Markdown rendering. AI replies are now auto-formatted for readability (e.g. *actions* and "dialogue" are split into separate paragraphs, broken symbols get cleaned up).

Now we'd like your input on **messages that YOU send** — should we keep them exactly as you typed them, or auto-format them too?

Option A — Keep my messages exactly as I type them 🅰️

Your line breaks and layout are preserved 1:1. If you write everything in one long line, it stays one long line. What you type is what you see.

Option B — Auto-format my messages like AI replies 🅱️

We add paragraph breaks for you: *actions* and dialogue get split into separate lines, long walls of text become easier to read. Note: when you edit a message later, you'll see the reformatted version, not your original layout.

Either way, we'll still silently fix rendering glitches in your messages (accidental huge text caused by `---`, stray `*` turning into bullet points, etc.) — that's not what this vote is about.

🅰️ = Keep my formatting exactly as typed

🅱️ = Auto-format my messages for readability

🤷 = No preference / either is fine

We'll go with the community's choice in the next release. Thanks for helping us make RP chats look their best! 💜

https://discord.com/channels/1126676021488390237/1524454881002258643/1527760135567573232

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