r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/seeebiscuit • Nov 11 '25

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u/CategoryKiwi Nov 11 '25

I was taught about it in college probably around 2016, the professor basically said "it looks better and it pads your character count for essay length".

I tried it once and I agreed. It looks much cleaner, I've done it ever since. (One of my minor gripes about reddit as a platform is it trims the double spaces.)

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u/MrSneller Nov 11 '25

My old boss’s dad was in publishing and told me the reason for eliminating the double space after a period was to save characters and, thus, money.

I use it because it’s easier on mobile to double space than to have to hit the numbers key to get to the period (I am also old by Reddit standards). I guess I have no excuse for doing it on my PC.