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It's become popular because Reddit requires double new lines to create a new paragraph. Reddit is such a popular website that this habit has proliferated acros
by ipnon 2y ago
It's become popular because Reddit requires double new lines to create a new paragraph.
Reddit is such a popular website that this habit has proliferated across the textual web.
It has the side effect of making your point take up more screen space vertically.
This can help you maximize the number of upvotes you get on your posts.
The narwhal bacons at midnight.
- dan-robertson 2y agoI don’t think this makes sense as the reason. Surely the problem is the stylistic decision to have many one-sentence paragraphs rather than the mechanism of separating paragraphs?