Re: Excessive use of bold text

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Originally posted by tbontob:
But for someone who knows better, whether it be verbal shouting or written capitalization, the intent is the same... to overwhelm a person with force.

Methinks you give people who use all caps too much benefit of the doubt. Most times I've seen all caps used, my impression was that the person was too clueless to turn off the Caps Lock.

Note that this is not the same impression I get from the person(s) allegedly overusing boldface. At the very least, there certainly appears to be a plan and reason behind the boldface. Indiscriminate use is different from (and worse than) excessive use....

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