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[randall]

[goatCE]

[(TSC)Bender]

I remembered a squelch option when I play TF with annoying people and ad-bots.

All those damn, wanna-be rappers. Pretty funny when I see Randall typing a message in "dat" way

[James S]

Exactly, and thank you randall, for your kind comment about me. I appreciated it.

[sponge]

You should just go with whatever the general atmosphere, if it's a bunch of people you know, and others type in normal, but lowercase, then you should do no worse than that, so you don't look like the stupid one. In a forum like this, where most people use proper caps, there's no real reason you shouldn't do the same; it's not that hard to press shift after every period. BUT WHEN U START TALKIN LIKE DIS IN AN INNTELEIGENT FORUM it makes you look like a moron. If you just go along with whatever everyone else does, you won't look like an idiot.

[Mike Wagstaff]

Just to upset the applecart slightly, I find myself using abbreviations such as "u" for "you" on an increasingly frequent basis. I only use them, however, when I'm sending an SMS for the following reasons:

1. The number of characters you can send per SMS is limited (and it's not particularly big, either).
2. Using a mobile phone keypad is horribly slow.

Ironically, now that I've come to accept T9, the situation may change...

In Messenger, I tend not to use abbreviations. I don't, however, capitalise as a rule. Does this make me lazy? Possibly. Does it make what I say any less valid? No. Would it look more professional if I capitalised? Yes. Does it matter in Messenger? No.

Like everything in life, there's a balance. Abbreviations have their place, but taking them too far is, I believe, unacceptable. If you want to communicate in a public place (such as a dicussion forum), you should make an effort to be clear. Otherwise, you'll simply be ignored.

[James S]

[Goosey]

[damian]

[James S]

Do you mean completely, or just this conversation?