What happened to my double-spacing?

[BillyCosmos!]

As is correct in typed English, I always put two spaces after the end of a sentence. As I did just now.
When I hit post, I suspect that required second space will be removed. Why?
Is the intent to make things harder to read?
To accommodate the lazy and incompetent?

I don't like it.
If you are going to alter what I post, I would appreciate it if you would not do so to make it look like I don't know how to type.

And no, changing the font is not a solution. The solution is to stop incorrecting text.

[Yujah]

It's also an international matter. I.e. historically/originally "French" sentence-spacing was single whereas English was double (and what with that Napoleon ♥♥♥♥ and all former got to be rather more widespread in at least mainland Europe).

The internet is international and even when and there where communication is ostensibly in English, it's the type of English used to more effectively/widely communicate only, not one to cater to some obscure English-language style-guide.

[RiO]

Publicado originalmente por Satoru:

Some forums indicates 2 whitespaces as a carriage return, but this is really more a hold over from the older days of the internet

It's not a hold-over at all. Two trailing spaces signify a hard line break in Markdown. Which makes it quite modern - actually, since everything is slowly switching over to Markdown variants.

(Valve still using BBCode is actually the hold-over...)

For your reference: the CommonMark specification on hard line breaks[spec.commonmark.org].

[Cray]

Publicado originalmente por Chika Ogiue:

Publicado originalmente por BillyCosmos!:

What happened to my double-spacing?

You're posting on a forum that doesn't use a monospaced font. Thus double spacing isn't required. Also, you might want to refer to an up-to-date style guide, as the majority now state that double-spacing after a period is incorrect.

This is still subject to debate, and 'majority' will depend on which side, study or area you ask.
Double spacing is easier to read and looks better formatted. Single spaces go between words, doubles go between sentences - that's the logic anyway.

Nothing wrong with double spaces, just ask Richard Hendricks.