Space created by line break (double backslash) is extra-large at the start of a news post

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      The spacing created by a line-break (double backslash) at the start of the page is very large.

      For example:

      \\
      first line
      \\
      \\
      \\
      

      renders as the attached:

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            Roy Krishna (Inactive)
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