typing in all caps

United States
September 15, 2006 12:42am CST
does it get your attention, or annoy the heck out of you... or both?
17 responses
• United States
21 Nov 06
neither
@massaj03 (4367)
• United States
21 Nov 06
Actually it doesn't bother me either way.
• United States
30 Oct 06
I dont like it it doesnt get my attention
• United States
19 Nov 06
I think some people do it because of eyesight problems, like they can't see the small print not everyone is trying to be rude. I think people are just too picky about this stuff, it's all just words on the internet. You cannot "yell" on the internet, people are going to be rude whether they use caps or small letters.
• United States
29 Oct 06
It catches my attention, yet it annoys me a lot!!!
@mvsrao (4365)
• India
19 Nov 06
yes! Because the use of all capital letters is considered shouting, posting a forum message entirely in caps is a sign that the poster is a newbie or a troll. Since the beginning of America Online, ALL CAPS has commonly been associated with AOL users. More experienced users will sometimes jocularly use all-caps and misspelled phrases to make fun of newbies or use the saying "caps lock is cruise control for cool." Netiquette prohibits the use of all caps as a form of shouting. see more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_caps
@dellion (6698)
• Malaysia
21 Oct 06
I am not sure about the others but truly I don't like to received any kind of normal documents wrting with all the way caps on.
@Force_Fed (745)
• United States
21 Oct 06
It gets my attention every time. Then I usually ignore it. If people can't make the effort to use proper typing conventions I rarely waste my time. If you really have something to say you don't need to use allcaps. Force
@Nivedha (617)
• India
21 Oct 06
sometimes it gets my attention.At times it feels just as if the person is shouting.
@exodamus (1625)
• India
22 Oct 06
More than attention it is awkward.
• Portugal
23 Oct 06
It´s like yelling, and nobody like it. DON`T YOU THINK:)
@sambosch (843)
• India
21 Oct 06
Sometimes its need to get attention on a particular word or sentence but when one types everything in caps it doesnt make sense.
• India
29 Oct 06
no it gets my attention first and other people too. as someone it annoys so they also get their attention their first.
@disturbedgd (1819)
• South Africa
21 Oct 06
both i cant ignore it
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Sep 06
May be some people it may look attractive. But for me, I read every discussion posted. Hence it makes no difference whether capital or lower case.
@MisterR (171)
• Netherlands
27 Sep 06
Basically when i see one in caps i do not read them cause it looks more like you cannot go in to a discussion with that person. Seems to me that they already made up there mind. SO then why bother and read it or even reply to it.
@Goodonya (39)
• Australia
25 Sep 06
It annoys the heck out of me. I can't help but read it as if the person typing it is actually shouting. It also makes it harder to read because there is often little or no punctuation.