This happens to me all the time; I always edit the options before I start a new distribution.
I never noticed it in 7 and the first few versions of 8 that I downloaded, but one day it was suddenly almost constant, and I hadn't changed anything on my side than just downloading and using the "latest" release.
I reported it as the first half of
this bug, the second half having to do with that experience movement bug that was resolved.
Regarding issue 3600, galahar did explain that it was my viewing screen, and I guess I do agree, but the thing is, I wasn't getting this many more prompts
before I updated. Once I updated to whatever version I put that bug under, I suddenly had many more "-- more --" posts out the wazoo. And I hadn't changed my screen area.
I think this may possibly actually be a chronic problem that devs might be either attuned to or blocking out due to their own configs, or not using tiles.
ForbiddenSpell - what version did you upgrade from and to?