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Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by trifectarich, Apr 12, 2015.

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  1. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Thanks. I almost posted the same thing earlier. My iPhone autocapitalizes, and I was wondering the exact same thing - it would take effort to post in all lower case.
     
    Vombatus, Apr 12, 2015
    #13
  2. DeskMonkey1

    DeskMonkey1 Active Member

    I've turned my spellcheck off after 1) a few embarrassing autocorrects 2) rarely spellcheck liked a players name 3) even if I was posting the mistake, the autocomplete feature kept plugging in words I didn't want and I spent more time fixing it then it was worth.
     
    DeskMonkey1, Apr 12, 2015
    #14
  3. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    I think this all started with thirtysomething.
     
    Guy_Incognito, Apr 15, 2015
    #15
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  4. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    *than :)
     
    BDC99, Apr 18, 2015
    #16
  5. Donny in his element

    Donny in his element Well-Known Member

    I blame Hoops McCann and Tom Petty from SJ yore. #StateoftheBoard
     
    Donny in his element, Apr 18, 2015
    #17
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  6. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Jon Bois spins gold in lowercase, though.

    As an aside, show of hands: how many on here are blocked by Bomani Jones? I got blocked after one extremely innocuous interaction.
     
    Big Circus, Apr 18, 2015
    #18
  7. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    One of our regulars snotted off to me in an email and then immediately blocked me. Lawyers!
     
    Riptide, Apr 19, 2015
    #19
  8. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    ee cummings farts in your general direction.

    (But seriously, I totally agree with y'all.)
     
    jr/shotglass, Apr 19, 2015
    #20
  9. SFIND

    SFIND Well-Known Member

    I treat social media, texting and e-mail (just for you Mod) just like anything else I write. Full capitalization, punctuation and no abbreviations (unless I'm pushed for space on Twitter) I have done so since I started texting 10 years ago. It took a long time to write messages on a keypad, but I did it. Now that most phones have full keyboards, I don't think there's any excuse to take shortcuts.
     
    SFIND, Apr 20, 2015
    #21
  10. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    NBA Finals or NBA finals?
     
    KYSportsWriter, Apr 21, 2015
    #22
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