[kwhitefoot]

The last thing I want when editing my diary in org-mode is distraction. I don't need lots of fancy rendering.

[tincholio]

Which is why it's good that these are optional things... Different folks, different strokes

[llasse]

I would argue that some typographic changes (eg right amount of white space, line height etc) might lessen the distraction that you get with visual clotting. It appears here, though, that not everyone perceived it that way.. The foremost reason for use of typography in this case should be readability and accessibility and not pretty (which by itself is not a bad thing either)

[govolckurself]

Same. Like a moron, apparently, I just use my text editor to get work done.