Less than is stripped but greater than isn't?

While it's useful, I think I'd be too annoyed to have to go through the steps they suggest just so I can just ~~~~ section breaks instead of page wide horizontal rules.

I usually only use the page-wide breaks to set my Author's Notes apart from the story; any other type of break (switching time, place, or point of view, for example), I just go to a new chapter.

If I absolutely must, I use ------- to set it off.

However, I'm glad you posted that link. I'm so tired of having my text changed whenever I save (most of the time, I don't notice until after I've published). Now I know what kinds of things to watch for. :)

FFnet accepts anything as a scene break as long as it is regular text symbol and not repeated more than twice in a row.