I [i]definitely[/i] prefer that posts be nicely formatted and I really appreciate extra effort when it comes to color and graphics and the like. I was dying inside when the guild first came back up and colored font was a feature that had yet to be applied. Spacing of paragraphs is probably the most important thing for me as well-- reading things online is, for some reason, really difficult otherwise (at least for me).

I've always highly appreciated the use of graphics as long as they are properly sized. The use of headers, hiders, and dividers is always nice, too. All that being said, I think there are times when people abuse the fantastic ability to make aesthetically beautiful posts and it makes me wish they hadn't tried at all. As cruel as that sounds, it's kind of like painting a REALLY ugly mural on a wall. It would have been better to just leave the poor wall alone. 

When abused as such, we end up with the following for-the-love-of-God-PLEASE-STOP mistakes. Not everyone may agree with this list, but these are the things that typically get under my skin:

[b]My post/character sheet is really important, so EVERYTHING is bolded [u]and[/u][/b]/[u]or[/u] [b]underlined now. [/b]

[color=2e3192]I read this post after I finished writing it and noticed how incredibly difficult to read it is, but it's my favorite color and I'm lazy. Now everyone must suffer.  [/color]

[insert 100000000 x 100000000 sized image here because it's really important to me that you get a good look at my character's face. Also, what is image resizing?] 

[ulr=I-misspelled-URL.com]I don't notice crucial mistakes like that when creating interest checks or submitting character sheets. It's a super easy fix and I'm going to leave it there until someone tells me to fix it. I never look back and live my life free of regrets always. Baklava wishes she could live in a state of such blissful ignorance.[/url]

I use colors to differentiate crucial things in my posts. [color=FAFAD2]Good luck[/color] [color=FFFACD]differentiating between[/color] [color=FFFFE0]my color choices,[/color] [color=EEE8AA]though.[/color] I show no mercy to those with color vision deficiency. (In case anyone couldn't tell, I used four different shades of light yellow in that last sentence.)

[hider=Unnecessary hiders][insert normal three sentence paragraph here][/hider]