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by crowbahr 1596 days ago
I wish I had realized your comment was better spaced before slogging through the previous text brick.
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That was a very readable comment. I'm reminded of the times I've posted here about "If it's 3 paragraphs or longer, my coworkers won't read it" only to get responses like "Must be poor writing on your part!"

I wish to thank you for proving my case.

Sounds like I'm not the only one who found the reformatted version worse, not better.
My guess is it's a mobile vs monitor thing.

It looks totally fine on a monitor, but because of the narrow width on cell phone displays, a paragraph can extend beyond the display's height, and it psychologically has an impact on people.

I really didn't think the "linkedin-style spacing" was necessary. The OP was not exactly short, but had a good enough sense of spacing and used paragraph breaks appropriately.