For current and future members, on behalf of the admin staff I would like to comment on GJ's posting etiquette.
Since its inception in 2005, the members of GJ have demonstrated the most stellar posting etiquette of any board's membership I have witnessed. The admin staff is most appreciative of the atmosphere generated by the members of GJ and has faith all who post here will maintain this standard in all future posts.
Commonly accepted posting etiquette practices can be found by googling the same. If you are new to discussion board communities, you might find it helpful to google posting etiquette to familiarize yourself with the commonly accepted practices. If after doing so you have any questions, please feel comfortable posing your questions on this thread.
One etiquette practice the admin staff would like to reiterate is the practice of typing in all caps (ALL CAPITAL/UPPER CASE LETTERS). Please try to refrain from typing in all caps. Typing in all caps makes the post difficult to read. To quote from
Aranworld -
It hardly needs to be said anymore that when text is set in all capital letters it is much more difficult to read. This is because most adult readers are so well versed in the language that we no longer read words as strings of single letters, but we actually read words by recognizing entire words at once. When a word is written using lower case letters the full shape of the word becomes apparent and we are quickly able to recognize and read the word. When words are written in all caps the shape is just a box and the reader is therefore forced to read each word letter by letter slowing down the reading process considerably.
In addition, typing in all caps is generally considered as shouting/yelling or attention seeking in the internet "world."
While I know that grief leaves us exhausted and either typing in all lower case or in all caps can be easier for us as typists, I'd like you to remember your reason for typing -
interaction - and remember with whom you are interacting - someone else who is widowed and may also have a very low energy level at the time of reading. Interaction is limited if a post requires too much effort from the reader to read it.
Thank you for your attention to this subject matter.
