I've been seeing a significant spike in textspeak in forum posts in recent weeks. Rather than continue to send out minor warnings (20%), I thought a global announcement would make more sense. This goes out mainly to some relative newbies and less-seasoned members who are the major violators, though--like other bad forum habits--can sometimes afflict senior members too.
Don't use textspeak in your posts. Not only is it in Rule 1 of the Finalized Forum Rules, it's often ambiguous, annoying, and inconsiderate to your fellow forum members, who put in the effort to write thoughtful and well-written posts.
Some samples of textspeak I've seen in recent days:
Cogent, considerate writing is one of the things that keeps up from becoming the very iPhone-addicted, semi-illiterate American broads we enjoy ridiculing as a matter of course. Let's keep it that way.
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Don't use textspeak in your posts. Not only is it in Rule 1 of the Finalized Forum Rules, it's often ambiguous, annoying, and inconsiderate to your fellow forum members, who put in the effort to write thoughtful and well-written posts.
Some samples of textspeak I've seen in recent days:
- IDK
[/url][url=http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-38345-post-785066.html#pid785066] - BTFO
- btw (probably the most common)
- tbh
- imho
- ofc
- tho
- b/c
- u/ur
- Using no apostrophes ("Im," "isnt," "cant")
- Writing in 100% lowercase letters ("i cant say that new york was good for rachel bilson")
Cogent, considerate writing is one of the things that keeps up from becoming the very iPhone-addicted, semi-illiterate American broads we enjoy ridiculing as a matter of course. Let's keep it that way.
Previous Forum Reminders
UPDATED: The Importance of Good Thread Titles
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Forum Reminder: Use the Search Feature Before Posting a New Thread
Reminder: posts cannot be edited or deleted... EVER