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Donkees

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1. Many sites use one sentence paragraphs for faster online readability ...

Reply to intrepidity (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2023, 07:04 PM

Dec 2023

It's not the same as print paragraphs, and not all sites do this. Where it's obvious that a paragraph has been split into online readability sentences, I often tie them back together into one paragraph. I aim for the heart of the message, and do sometimes add a separate extra paragraph or so in a following post in the same thread.

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Question about quote limits [View all] intrepidity Dec 2023 OP

Many sites use one sentence paragraphs for faster online readability ... Donkees Dec 2023 #1

I've often been tempted... Think. Again. Dec 2023 #2

The sites slicing up paragraphs into a string of one sentences, quite often are rebundling news packages from Reuters Donkees Dec 2023 #5

I always excerpt the 4 (or fewer) most significant paragraphs. I've never seen or heard of a rule, even in LBN progree Dec 2023 #3

The four paragraph limit is there to simplify enforcement EarlG Dec 2023 #4

Thank you for that thorough explanation. intrepidity Dec 2023 #6