Posting in "text"

[Burbs]

Am I the only one that HATES this?

Please stop.

 

[redhen]

 

[canada-goose]

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u no, lk ths.

I don't like "chatspeak", either.

 

[pringle]

Y wats the prob?Lol joking its kinda anoying..

 

[Sillystunt]

OMG, LOL, JK............................... hahahahah

 

[Kesta]

guilty as charged

 

[Sillystunt]

not to defend but i go online from my phone. Sometimes it is easier to post like that

 

[Imp]

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Me too Redhen. LOL!

I was thinking something

typing in text

like this

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Imp- I think I'll go grocery shopping now.​

 

[Burbs]

My point exactly. An occasional lol is tolerable, but when you have to sit and decipher what the poster is trying to say it gets a little annoying. I have a secretary at my work that sends emails in "text" format. Not only is it unprofessional, it seems childish. What I truly don't get is the words that are abbreviated are usually not that hard to type anyway.

 

[ranchhand]

I'm not a big fan of text-speak on here either.

To me, an attempt to type properly and use decent grammar equates with a certain degree of maturity. It need not be perfect, but the attempt means you care how the rest of the world perceives you.
Sometimes, when I read a post that has no punctuation, no capitalization and is just one long sentence I move on, because it's just too hard to read.

It has nothing to do with level of education or so-called culture. It's just being careless about personal image!