Board Thread:Newbie Questions/@comment-25029101-20140606000055/@comment-24932909-20140610142313

@Cliffstone

caps on the internet means shouting, that is how it works, whether or not you want to acknowledge that convention, which has its uses, is dependent upon how willing you are to become a member of a community and abide by its rules, aka, a matter of respect.

It has meant that for a very long time and is used for that specific purpose, to ignore that is just rude. I mean no offense, I simply describe a common convention.

perhaps you are familiar with a proportionally large number of forums and other web communication places where caps does not mean shouting, and is not considered bad manners? If so, please cite them when implying that it is a local convention. I assure you, it is most general.