[Rebel Pirate]

Well, it seems the U.S. Navy finally got the memo: DON'T USE ALL CAPS! IT'S RUDE!

"Lowercase messages are here to stay; they provide a more readable format," a Navy news release said... The all-caps were a vestige of a bygone era....

Above is an excerpt; to view the entire article see: U.S. Navy ditches its ALL CAPS message format - CNN.com

People who type in all capital letters are often an irritant to others who are reading what they have written. This may not be fair but it’s the case. That’s because there are a lot of assumptions that people make about what it means that someone is typing in ALL CAPS. Here are some of the assumptions that people will make when you send them an email (or write an article) that is entirely capitalized:

• People think a message in all caps means that the writer is yelling at them.

• People assume that the writer is trying to demand attention.

• People may assume that you have a lack of skill with technology.

• People may assume that you are an immature writer.

• People may assume that you are lazy.

• People may wonder if you are trying to be a rebel.

It is a fact that many people will make these negative assumptions about you if you do write emails and articles without using proper lower case and capitalization in your writing. As a result, it is probably best to drop the ALL CAPS writing and write in the traditional form in order to generate more positive online relationships with others. Plus this allows you to really make your point come through when you have something truly urgent to say and you want to say it with an ALL CAPS message.

Above is an excerpt; to view the entire article see: What People Think When You Type in All Caps

[billethkid]

this is what you get when a irrelevent impact subject for most folks is over INTELLECTUALIZED!

btk

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by billethkid

this is what you get when a irrelevent impact subject for most folks is over INTELLECTUALIZED!

btk

But I think Rebel makes a good point. It has become so ingrained in internet etiquette over the last 20 years that using all caps is rude and/or indicative of yelling, that I think it points up a poster's unfamiliarity with the internet when he/she does so. Or else the person is just being arrogant.

Early on, a friend of mine was blocked from a sailing chat forum for refusing to drop the all-caps posting style.

Most blogs that I subscribe to disdain the use of all caps in the comments section. I find the all-caps posts hard to read.

[kittygilchrist]

Rebel, the irony is not lost on all..

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by billethkid

this is what you get when a irrelevent impact subject for most folks is over intellectualized!

Btk

ditto

This was really strange......I typed the "ditto" in all caps and it shows as small case letters.....
I kept changing it back to all caps.......and it still is small letters.................GO FIGURE.

[kittygilchrist]

you CAN'T WRITE ANYTHING IN ALL CAPS, but you can start with small caps and then u can SCREAM

[glgene]

Something else about ALL CAPS vs. Not All Caps...

ALL-CAP reading slows down your reading of material by 18%. I learned that factoid when I was a young journalist. That's why you see newspaper headlines in Upper and Lower case (or, in some cases...all lower case) to make it easier and faster for readers to scan the headlines. Why punish people with ALL CAPS?

Call it the 18% rule.

Gene

[scarecrow1]

Who cares ///// oops ????????

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by glgene

Something else about ALL CAPS vs. Not All Caps...

ALL-CAP reading slows down your reading of material by 18%. I learned that factoid when I was a young journalist. That's why you see newspaper headlines in Upper and Lower case (or, in some cases...all lower case) to make it easier and faster for readers to scan the headlines. Why punish people with ALL CAPS?

Call it the 18% rule.

Gene

I read about this change recently and as I recall the article focused on the norms today. never once did I read as to why the US Navy instituted this practice in the first place. It seems to me if you are going to make changes then you at least have to look back to see why that practice, rule, etc was established in the first place.

As for the 18% rule slowing down reading well when I was in the Navy I noticed that slowing down the reading was a benefit given readers lack of comprehension...imagine with the criticism of our educational system for the last 20 years perhaps we now need a 36% rule??????

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

ditto

this was really strange......i typed the "ditto" in all caps and it shows as small case letters.....
I kept changing it back to all caps.......and it still is small letters.................go figure.

the navy is monitoring your posts!!!!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

ditto

This was really strange......I typed the "ditto" in all caps and it shows as small case letters.....
I kept changing it back to all caps.......and it still is small letters.................GO FIGURE.

Originally Posted by CFrance

the navy is monitoring your posts!!!!

It happened to me too! I typed THE NAVY IS MONITORING YOUR POSTS!! in all caps, but it was changed to all lower case when I submitted the post. Admin is playing games with us!

Perhaps they have a filter that doesn't allow a total post to be in all caps.

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by CFrance

the navy is monitoring your posts!!!!

[DougB]

I fInD iT VErY rUdE whEn PeOplE uSe aLl CaPs, maKEs It VeRY dIFfIcUlT tO ReAd!

[skyguy79]

Caps caps caps caps caps caps caps caps! C'aps caps caps caps caps caps caps caps caps, caps caps caps caps.

Caps "Caps" Caps

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by DougB

I fInD iT VErY rUdE whEn PeOplE uSe aLl CaPs, maKEs It VeRY dIFfcut tO ReAd!

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