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darksinger
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Topic: Outlaw posts entirely in bold/uppercase letters? Posted: January 01 2007 at 14:39 |
i don't think it should be banned...some folks need bold, capital letters. in fact, i like the picture feature here because some folks need to have it drawn out for them.
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progismylife
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 14:36 |
Yes it is, yes it is. Are different fonts part of the discussion?
Because if they are well .........
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Trickster F.
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Posted: January 01 2007 at 13:34 |
Damn it, this thread is epic.
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Scapler
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Posted: December 31 2006 at 16:17 |
HEY MAN! STOP KNOCKING MY EXPRESSIONS!!!!
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magnus
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 21:16 |
I guess some times you just have to use a lot of uppercase letters to express yourself in situations where lowercase does not suffice(imitating shouting, expressing anger or similar feelings).
But I think most people have enough common sense to understand that consequently typing with caps lock on is annoying for the other members of the forum, and thus reconcider their way of typing. If they don't, we can simply ignore their posts or choose not to take them seriously; like Peter Rideout said: Let the "court of public opinion" handle such matters
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progismylife
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:45 |
Really? That is interesting. (sorry about the weird font, but I got Firefox and am finally able to use these things a whole lot easier.)
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:43 |
^ do you know that you can increase font size in Windows, and in the web browser?
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:29 |
el bЖthy wrote:
Hey, I didnt laught at you or what you wrote! I just found it funny, actually I thank you for having said something like that man!
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OK then... Misunderstanding...
It's not too funny for me, though; I have to say: "Unfortunately", due to my pretty bad seeing. Those big letters were really the most comfortable ones to read.
I hope I would be saying the same thing had I the normal seeing too.
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el böthy
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:19 |
Hey, I didnt laught at you or what you wrote! I just found it funny, actually I thank you for having said something like that man!
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 06:52 |
^^ good example of "muppet agreement" right there.
Edited by MikeEnRegalia - December 30 2006 at 06:52
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progismylife
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 06:51 |
Snow Dog wrote:
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
Yes - laughing, not winking. I think he was simply agreeing.] |
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 06:50 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
Yes - laughing, not winking. I think he was simply agreeing.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 06:44 |
Yes - laughing, not winking. I think he was simply agreeing.
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 06:41 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ why do you think he thought you were joking? |
the first clue was probable the series of laughing smileys
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 04:59 |
^ why do you think he thought you were joking?
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Posted: December 30 2006 at 00:52 |
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 13:54 |
In any case, rather than attempting to heavy-handedly "legislate" forum font manners or "morality," I think "netiquette" should take care of itself.
A little reply like "stop SHOUTING at me" should suffice. The "offender" may not even realise he is being "rude" according to common accepted practice.
Let the "court of public opinion" handle such matters -- I think it generally does the job well.
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 13:36 |
^ it doesn't matter much to me ... it annoys me, and I know that many other forums consider it bad manners, so I started this thread. I'd say for me it's a 2 on a 1-10 scale of importance.
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 13:31 |
Just a small question here, and it will probably expose my utter naivety:
Does it really matter that much to people?
Tony R wrote:
I too think that very large signatures exhibit bad manners on the part of the forum member |
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Posted: December 29 2006 at 11:43 |
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