A standoff between the site and some of its most devoted users exposes an existential dilemma.
Nah, multi-line is just
> line 1
line 2
line 3
line 1
line 2
line 3
You only need multiple > if you want paragraphs:
> paragraph 1
> paragraph 2
paragraph 1
paragraph 2
>!Testing!<
is the Reddit spoiler syntax, not working yet, though: >!Test!<