Let speak frankly about BBCode

Drop the meme for a moment. Do you really like BBCode? Outside of /prog/, the dislike for BBCode is nearly universal. Especially among web programmers.

It's too much like HTML without actually being HTML, they argue. "Why don't you just use HTML tags?"

Even amongst /prog/riders, some would prefer Sexpcode instead of BBCode.

Maybe /prog/ is two-faced. You say BBCode rules in /prog/, but outside of /prog/ you might say it sucks. Is world4ch's BBCode different enough to warrant not being grouped together with the BBCode of your average forums?

What are your thoughts?

BBCode gives you the option of making up your own tags. [spoiler] and [aa] would be <span class="spoiler"> and <span class="aa"> respectively. That's fucking stupid. You COULD make up your own HTML tags like <spoiler> and <aa>, but how the fuck is that any different from BBCode?