I often notice people using the code snippet formatting for many more things than showing code, often just to emphasize things. And it can be quite annoying reading a post in which every other word is put in a gray, monospace font (see what I mean?).

Is there a way to encourage people to only use this formatting for what it is intended for? As there are many other, more appropriate ways of emphasizing text.

I have also seen it used for values, such as “I would use a density of 0.5”, or “hit GZ5. Are either of these appropriate? At least for the latter example I would think that indicating a key press, regardless of whether it is a number, should always use the <kbd> tags.

Maybe I am being too nitpicky, but I do feel that this formatting has a specific purpose and is being quite overused.