I think it is more of a personal preference than a "sign of weakness".  I really don't care whether someone uses them or not (although I would ask them to use something that doesn't hurt the eyes if they do use them).  However, if we are comparing this roleplay to a book, it would be more apt to compare it to 10+ books that have been put together (and I don't mean book after book).  This "megabook" would take the first couple pages from book A, then a couple from book B, then a couple more from book C, then maybe the next couple pages from book A, and so on.