Polite request, even though I think I may have asked before........

Yes, it is an attention-seeking device, unless it is just that the poster has never progressed beyond the "See, Mummy, I can write my name!" stage of only ever using capitals.

We've asked many times to have the games grouped together and the requests have always been ignored.
Meantime, I simply use Hide this Discussion on the drop-down menu each time a new game appears.

I do think that using capitals is an attention-seeking device which is not really needed if just starting a new game.

Surely everyone knows that CAPS = SHOUTING.

Games threads are always headed 'Games' in blue above the thread title.

Personally I would like to see Games all gathered together on a separate list with a heading alongside Active, I'm on, Watching etc, so that those coming on just to contribute to discussions can skip them and those wanting games do not get them interposed with discussions.

I accept that capitals usually means shouting, but I think that it is a good way to differentiate between the games threads and the others so you can skip them when reading through the active conversations list.

It doesn't have to be in the guidelines for something in capital letters to "feel" shouty. If you were reading it out loud you would say it very loudly and emphatically so that those hearing it would know that it is VERY IMPORTANT and that they are not to ignore it. It says there is no passing over it and going instead to some other thread - READ THAT FIRST !

In this post, I bet everyone's eyes went first to the black capitals, whether you consciously thought that they were the most interesting part or not.

Sorry Maryeliza54 but you are wrong. There may not be many threads in capitals today but some days we can have at least 6- well OTT.

What a thoroughly stupid thing to mind about - it’s not against the guidelines and it hardly ever happens anyway.

Who said capital letters on the internet have to mean shouting?

Herd mentality?

I agree Phoenix even if people don’t know it’s shouting why would you write a title in capitals ? Unnecessary

Totally agree phoenix. It makes me want to put a rude, shouty response on the thread .

But I do think some people aren't aware that caps are considered shouting. There was a poster - haven't seen her for a while - who used to give us long updates about a particular issue she had, and it was peppered with shouty capitals. It was clear that she was using them for emphasis, like underlining or italics, but I found them so hard to read without hearing the (unintended) aggression!

I always read: "SAY HOW YOU ARE FEELING IN 3 WORDS"

It's like a command; I very much want to answer, 'Totally browned off (with your shouting )"

Oops, forgot to thank kitty too.

Jura2 I put the first line of the post in CAPITALS to emphasise my point!

Charleygirl thank you for agreeing!

phoenix I totally agree. There is one thread at present, RATS. Silly me thought it was an acronym for something but no, it is the 4 legged creatures which I hate.

Exactly Tangering- took me a while to realise capitals are considered 'shouting' by netiquette- instead of what I would have considered as emphasizing like bold. Was only jesting as I don't mind - golly for sure there are more important things to get ariated about!

I am aware that it is "shouting" but some people may not know this. They have probably not thought about it. We're all different and I suppose we get aggravated by different things.

Ooops, yes, my mistake, not in the title, but in the first comment - a whole line.

Tangerine I'm sure that they don't mean anything by it BUT WHY DO THEY DO IT?

Actually, why put any thread title in capitals?

I understand your point Phoenix but perhaps people don't mean anything by it. They just happen to type headings in capital letters.

What have I got wrong this time?

I see no shouty capitals Jura

jura

I agree it is not exclusively games threads!

WHAT? AM A BIT HARD OF HEARING.?

I didn't! Only 1 capital letter on the word "Polite", which as the first word of a sentence, should be correct, surely?

ah thanks for shouting long and loud in your thread title ;)