Hooray! Good news for those who are crossing their fingers for text formatting on Mastodon toots: @chockenberry (the author of pioneer app Twitterrific) just asked @Gargron (founder of Mastodon) if it's in the pipeline, and he confirmed, in just 4 words: "Yes, this is planned".
https://social.br-linux.org/@Gargron@mastodon.social/110193615632995731