Maybe snip it at the first line break, and/or limit it to a certain amount of words to show above the fold, then expand it to read the rest.
I tried what you said...The results were very inconsistent. As there is no particular format for posting there was no coherence at all
Well that's disappointing (not at all on your part, but on the part of the current format), but completely understandable considering how freeform YC seems to have encouraged these applications to be.
Great idea! I will certainly try it out first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks for the feedback :)