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I'm so offended by the capitalization in this (potentially interesting) article that I didn't get past the first two paragraphs.

• xmcqdpt2 4y ago
  Also what's up with all the bold words all over the place? _Emphasis_ doesn't work when used *Everywhere*!
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  • thot_experiment 4y ago
    wild, i had to go back to the article after reading this comment to double check. my brain completely autocorrected everything and i didn't notice the formatting at all!
  • r00fus 4y ago
    This is annoying in a way that even my go-to "reader mode" doesn't fix either (unlike ads or autoplay videos etc).
  • TeMPOraL 4y ago
    It does, in the sense that it seems to mirror sentence-level emphasis in speech. (Even your comment sort of works - I'd drop the emphasis on "up" and "place" though.) It's definitely atypical. I think it wouldn't impact readability all that much, if not for the lack of capitalization at the start of sentences - the two abnormalities together make the text much harder to read than it should be.
    • xvector 4y ago
      Except when we read sentences, we expect to be reading sentences, not someone’s interpretation of what their voice would sound like transposed onto a sentence, using obscure formatting cues to accomplish this. Generally I find that the more people rely on emphasis and formatting, the poorer their writing skills are.
      • akerl_ 4y ago
        Maybe don’t use “we” like that; I certainly enjoy when I can get a sense of a writers vocal pattern, and I am supportive of using text formatting to help with that.
  • Lammy 4y ago
    I kinda like it, like a built in short summary. Unfocus your eyes a little and read only the bold words and it still makes sense: "ideal distribute small generic. don't possible fantasy dreaming."
  • rsynnott 4y ago
    People used to do this for SEO, but I don't think it's actually worked since the early noughties.
• warkdarrior 4y ago
  On this Mastodon instance creative disregard for capitalization is mandatory.