i'd suggest the moderators do a test-trial and issue a one week ban on michael posting for violating the new no-all-caps rule.
then assess if that changes the behaviour of members, whether grumpy-geezers or reprobate-rookies.
btw, how do people find the time to do all-caps anyway, when you have to constantly type shift-letter? seems to me that this process alone would be punishment enough...
Just wondering. What difference does it make? I know all caps is to represent anger or yelling, but if you know that what is being said is only in caps because that is the choice of the person that posted the message, then why is it anything to worry about?
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"Stamp collectors don't go crazy, they just become unhinged."
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Typeface designers, graphics designers, reading specialists, et al, agree that multi-line all-caps text is not easier to read.
The reason is simple: differentiating letters is easier when some of the letters have little bits sticking out of them, and harder when they are all the same height.
So if you really want to pity the poor-sighted, stay away from all caps.
I visit SOR using the {Last 30 By Time} and, on the visit that provoked the OP, there were two multi-line all-caps posts, one of which was:
SOUTH AFRICA YEAR PACKS 1984-1989. (STAMPS CANCELLED
BY P.O.) ALL FOR US$4.00
Yes, it is shouty & violent & self-important, but - in a list of thread titles - it is also a chore to read.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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"I collect stamps today precisely the way I collected stamps when I was ten years old."
I think this means all is well!
Think about it. If you watch the local news and all they have to report is some trivial BS, you can safely assume all is well in your corner of the world.
Similarly, I assume all is well at SOR (oops! sor).
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"Expanding your knowledge faster than your collection can save you a few bucks."
"Especially as those that use All Caps may have some medical visual acuity problem!!"
Let's evaluate this speculation ("may") using what we all already know.
Q/ Does the Large Print section of your library include books printed in ALL CAPS?
Q/ Did Dr Seuss ever publish as story in ALL CAPS because that makes it easier to learn how to read?
Q/ Did Fun With Phonics ...
Q/ Can we find one person who says that they need to post in ALL CAPS because, otherwise, they would not be able to read their own post?
What we already know: before they fall & break their hip, lots of old people think that they are better-off walking without a cane or a walker ... that does not make it true.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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"I collect stamps today precisely the way I collected stamps when I was ten years old."
"Q/ Can we find one person who says that they need to post in ALL CAPS because, otherwise, they would not be able to read their own post?
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Yes they need to be able to read their own post. How else will they know what they are typing?
There are many many many diseases of the eye and each disease has different effects on each individual.
The result is some people cannot read all caps, and some people cannot read script.
So why should one group demand precedence over the other?
Those who have difficulty reading script accept it is the norm and we adjust accordingly!!
Patience, Tolerance and Consideration.
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Why be so fussy about caps? As long as the message by the sender is in good faith, positive and helpful, I can always overlook it. As another member has already pointed out, visual impairment my be a reason why as well (?)
Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy.. 21 Feb 2019 08:26:39pm
re: MUST WE ENDURE ALL-CAPS THREAD TITLES?
" .... mY cAPS lOCK kEY IS sTUCK! ...."
My all caps key is stuck as well, stuck in a
junk drawer along with the"ALL CAPS' from
the previous two or three keyboards, all pried
off, carefully, with a small handy screwdriver.
Problem solved.
In the unlikely event I should need such an
annoying feature, the eraser end of a yellow
pencil works just fine.
A blue or green pencil may also work, but I
never had the nerve to try them out.
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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
i find people who spell their names all in lower-case to be equally (or perhaps more) annoying...like canadian singer "kd lang" or lawyer "barbara findlay" - and american poet "ee cummings" or author/activist "bell hooks".
If CAPS = SHOUTING, then does lowercase = whispering? I don't think so (based on some of the self-centred explanations i've read). my fellow queen's grad, barbara findlay's site is classic: nothing about what she's done for other people - it's all me, me, me...my accomplishments, awards and recognitions... (and btw, she spells "me" as ... "Me" - huh?)
so, i feel your pain and understand your rant ikey.
let's just hope nobody decides a great new aggravating personal conceit will be to spell their names backwards or in mixed case and vehemently expect everyone to honour their personal preference.
Her choice of font is also revealing - it's ugly, and physically painful to read!
Don Marquis also used lower case in his archy and mehitabel stories/poems, if only because archy is too small a cockroach to manage the caps key. I think Marquis precedes e.e.cummings by a year or two.
There's a fellow on a Third Reich forum who posts all his comments in upper case. That, I assure you, is far worse than just a thread title.
Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy.. 22 Feb 2019 08:54:12pm
re: MUST WE ENDURE ALL-CAPS THREAD TITLES?
" ...That, I assure you, is far worse than just a thread title..."
Just guessing, but probably in more than one way.
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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "