Paragraphs

Hello,
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WSO recently eliminated the use of paragraphs in replies. If I hit return twice, WSO only honors a single *Enter*. I don't get a blank line for easy-to-read paragraphs.
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Yes; I am a CS major; I am aware there is a paragraph html tag. People should not have to learn LaTeX or HTML to make coherent posts of more than one paragraph on a forum.
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In order to lodge my protest, I am using periods between paragraphs. If this is some sort of oddball language experiment to remove the paragraph from the English language, it's not going to work on me. I may be a millennial, but I have spent twenty years of my life using the paragraph to separate ideas and concepts, to avoid looking illiterate, and to avoid spewing out one long stream of consciousness like a 14-year-old-girl with a crush on Justin Bieber. In order for my posts to be readable, I need a paragraph, and although books and term papers can sometimes be different, the protocol on the internet is to use a full line to separate paragraphs.
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(However if this is some sort of advertising strategy the size of the paragraph break is semi-negotiable. I am pushing for at least 3/4 of a full line)
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Thank you.