To ask for paragraphs?

It is "enter" on a computer keyboard not carriage return.

(Sorry, GrannyLaine, for running over onto another post! I agree with you that it is up to the poster to organise their thoughts before burbling on. How can they complain that no-one answered them when their post is like a ball of wool that the cat has been at? I do try to do that for my posts, but sometimes a side-tracked thought is triggered just after I have pressed send. )

On many online social network sites, a "carriage return" for a new paragraph sends the post off, before you have finished what you wanted to say. I have often done that and been annoyed at having to start another post. Perhaps people are more used to that.

It is a good idea to mention on here from time to time that it IS possible to have new paragraphs very easily, and that it is much easier to read posts that are divided up.

If you are aware that you are in the habit of going on and on without starting a new paragraph, you could just go through it before posting and do a "carriage return" here and there fairly randomly, but anyone not aware of how difficult it is for some (most!) people to read won't be alert to do that.

I am partially sighted so I definitely cannot cope with blocks of writing without paragraphs.

Friends who PM me know that I can read the smaller text if it is well paragraphed so I am afraid I do not bother attempting to read long paragraphs without a break and I agree, it is 10 times worse without punctuation.

It is difficult if the person is very distressed.

I’ve not been posting for long, but I will heed the advice of experienced gn’ers .
No excuses from me, I did get my English Lang. “O” level once in a long ago life.
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Completely agree, and in a similar vein, get really annoyed by those posters who regularly post using four or five posts in succession about the same thing. Why can't they organise their thoughts before leaving me to wade through them??

I’m another who is tempted to post ‘remember, paragraphs are your friend’ ‼️
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I too often don’t even bother to start reading a huge block of unbroken text.

Yes I must admit I tend to skim read the long posts without paragraphs. I understand that posters may be upset and distressed when writing but as Marydoll said just preview before posting.

Brevity. Please.

It's a difficult one. I find that most of the 'paragraph free' posts are from people in distress, therefore I'm loathe to tell them that I'm not reading which could possibly lead to even more distress.
How can we put it 'nicely'

I admit I often don't bother with previewing, and frequently regret it.
Can I be even more picky and ask for punctuation too?

I'm going to appear really picky, but I have just given up reading a post, which had no spaces between sentences.
It was like reading one long sentence.
It's a pity, as I'm sure the poster's contribution was interesting.

Having a daughter, who suffers from dyslexia and having worked with dyslexic pupils, I'm am aware that some posters may find it difficult, before anyone thinks they are being criticised.
If you preview your post, before posting, you will realise how hard it is to read.

I agree I tend to get a quarter of the way down a long post with no paragraphs and give up but I doubt this plea will make any difference

We've had several requests for this in the past.

It still doesn't happen but the only people who suffer are those who don't leave white space.
Most of us just skim past their posts.

I do not read the long posts without paragraphs.

I have to admit also to skipping long posts, written without paragraphs or breaks, it hurts my eyes.
I lose track, so give up.

My eyes can’t cope with long screeds without paragraphs.

Must admit I find big blocks of text wearing to read and tend to skip them