# Single-line spacing **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [March 21, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-line-spacing/1028655 "2026-03-21T14:47:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
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Indeed. What is doubly confusing is that you can _still_ use Markdown (and other formatting tags) _even in_ WYSIWYG mode. That is also confusing to people: [Question about dollar sign coding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dollar-sign-coding/1028497) It’s also not super clear which mode you’re in. They both look mostly the same, except the edit window gets a bit narrower (because there’s not a side-by-side preview in WYSIWYG mode). I think it’s just one of those things that happen when a forum is made by a bunch of coders instead of regular people, and many of their users are power users. Discourse has a bias towards advanced usage and an ongoing tendency towards feature creep, as opposed to trying to keep things simple. It’s not a choice I agree with, but it’s not up to me (or even us, as Dopers who’ve complained on the official Discourse boards about various things). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-line-spacing/1028655)._