Board Thread:Administration/@comment-4832646-20140401205802/@comment-4832646-20140406191408

Necrosanity wrote: I dunno what's the big deal with caps lock -- they're there. They aren't annoying, or scary.

I will say though, that caps lock and italics generally serve two different purposes, though both are used for emphasis. While italics would feel out of place in one circumstance, caps lock would fit just fine. Both can detract greatly from the story.

Ultimately, though, to force your opinion into our throats is very "immature" of you, Callie. That's not an opinion. It's objective. That's basically what a publishing company would say to a person. "Caps aren't scary, they're annoying. Denied." People can get away with a lot of different things in their stories. There have been books, yes, where caps have been used. That doesn't mean they're correctly used. Sometimes they are. But to try and justify it by putting it where it doesn't belong (Caps are not scary, nor remotely creepy; using them to make excitement just becomes an eyesore) tends to screw things up.