A silly question (Re: Vijf: Two Weeks to MESSENGER)

Mike Stone wrote:
Bob Silverberg also did a little short _Sunrise on Mercury_

Several persons here seem to prefer bracketing a story title between underscores rather than double quotes, as you do above. What's the reason?

Is it just an old habit from days when usenet gateways didn't always handle double-quote character (if there were such days). Or is it because some news clients seem to underline text quoted with underscores? Or something else?

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