"Long Form Notes" are different, and many clients will not even show them. I think it is best to post a short note with the subject and a link to the long form content, but link to a client that will display it. Also, good clients will 'render' markdown so you can ensure your article will look right in any 'good client'.
example: (I'm no expert so my links may not work) ... but your article as a link to coracle below. Notice formatting is pretty much gone becuse you probably did not use markdown.
https://coracle.social/naddr1qqgrjvtzvccrjvm9xsmkxcf4xumrjq3qyye4qu6qrgcsejghnl36wl5kvecsel0kxr0ass8ewtqc8gjykxksxpqqqp65wy5lm8g
or a link to njump:
https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv84xwk3e65lrq6mpgaecll9fqdz3jx3vyu5qxhmt9ghmy6wszvlgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7fw5kt4
Anyone can just copy paste the naddr part to the client they want to use if their client is worth using.
In my opinion, long form clients should render comments on the long form posts but they don't. Coracle does this. njump does not. Hats off to hodlbod for a good client.
For a great example of long form content that has markdown formatting see this article about key managment, a topic that still is not resolved.
https://coracle.social/nevent1qqsds66c3g7dvqh29yjuv7s72wn0waa9lwcu9uc720npw6zleltlqcspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgq3qjlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qtj7jhs
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2025-03-18 23:53:32
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2025-03-18 23:53:32Event JSON
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