By whose standard are things appropiate( talking about caps)?

Question

Writing in CAPS is considered shouting. O-k who made up this stupid rule. yeah if you get a job and the boss tells you not to write in CAPS and you do. That is disrespecting the bosses orders.

I'm minding my own business. Just because 92% of the world follows Statis Quo' doesn't mean I have to. You care about the opinion of others I care about the truth of the situation. Writing in CAPS is not written in the Bible, therefore I can write in CAPS and there is no proof of me being rude. FIND PROOF THAT THIS IS RUDE. I don't care what it's " considered to be". CAPS is CAPS, not an expression of anger. If the man who made this rule said CAPS were polite, everyone would be using CAPS! I'm keeping it real no matter what anyone says. Do petty things like this matter. We are all being judged by God on his rules.

Answer 1

Of course you can do as you please. You are aware of the way your messages are received. If that's what you want, that's fine with me. You have the right to type the way you choose and others have the right to interpret it by current social customs.

Answer 2

I think to many capitals clutter up the page and makes it harder to read. I usually cap. a word, if the questioner has capped it - Bible, bible, or to make a word stand out, or if I want to stress a word. Seeing this is a literal forum, all capitols is yelling. A whole line of exclaimation marks after it is past yelling. I'm not saying you do all that, but it is a literal forum, not verbal. Your statement above looks neat enough to me.

Answer 3

Communication on an internet forum lacks many of the cues of face-to-face communication - like facial expression, body language, tone of voice, etc. To compensate for this, people use a variety of conventions to make themselves more clearly understood. One of these conventions is the use of capitals to denote shouting - raising your case is equivalent to raising your voice.

Certainly you are free to ignore conventions. You can type messages in all caps and you can attend weddings in cut-offs and a paint-stained t-shirt. But ignoring social conventions tells people you are either clueless or hostile, and they will respond accordingly.

Answer 4

The delivery has to be good or the message is lost. I routinely ignore whatever is typed in all caps. Exercise your 'right' to type in all caps if you really want to. I will exercise my right to ignore you.

You are commanded in the bible to follow the law of the land unless it contradicts the bible. Since the bible does not mention allowing you to type in caps you MUST follow the convention because the law of this land (internet) is netiquette.

The bible implicitly tells you not to type in all caps.

Answer 5

it's often hard to express feeling, emotion, intent, sarcasm, whatever, when you type something. using all caps is a way for the group to recognize that you are angry in your words.

it's not about following the statis quo, it's about presenting yourself in a way which you'll be understood by others.

Answer 6

What, don't you have a leaking bathroom to complain about?

Status quo - try mastering English before whining in foreign tongues.

Answer 7

You're kidding, right?

Here on R&S it's hard to tell sometimes, you know.

Answer 8

This is as dumb as saying "prove god doesn't exist"

Answer 9

it is also done for emphasis on certain words