To enable Markdown formatting support, go to Settings -> Preferences -> Other and change the setting under Default format for toots. 👁️
![A screenshot from the settings page of emacs.ch with a green arrow pointing to where to change the Default format for toots.](https://media.emacs.ch/media_attachments/files/110/346/655/988/710/470/small/e267bcd20838d803.png)
To enable Markdown formatting support, go to Settings -> Preferences -> Other and change the setting under Default format for toots. 👁️