[matt-snider]

Thanks :-). This comes up so often! Is there a reason HN doesn't use a more mobile-friendly format for preformatted text?

[stan_rogers]

The feature is intended for code, note block quotes. Auto line wraps would be less than helpful.

[jonsen]

Problem is when some text copied and pasted here incidentally starts paragraphs with two or more spaces. And maybe the the commenter does not know why it formats weirdly.

[frosted-flakes]

Yeah, but code blocks are still limited in width on mobile. At least let them flow to the edge of the screen before scrolling.