should i stop typing in italics?

[self biased]

the second marked my fourth year at apolyton. as far as i know, i've typed in italics for all of my 1500 posts, but i ask of you, is enough enough? i go to other forums and people who don't know me from here mock me as if i was some sort of n00b.

the concept started as a whisper that seemingly went directly to the brain... what can i say? i was reading alot of discworld then. it was also before signatures and avatars, and gave me an easy way to guage where my posts stood in the thread.

now, it's a habit. i even type emails with the ubb tags sometimes.... i think i posted a little in the not too terribly distant past and people complained that it looked odd to see my typing without my usual slant.

so, is it time for a change?

[Dis]

I never noticed

[Zylka]

looks good

[Zero]

Originally posted by Dissident
I never noticed

me2

[connorkimbro]

absolutly not. it's distinctly you.

[General Ludd]

It's the most annoying gimmick here.

[connorkimbro]

no no no don't! decide for yourself. tell the naysayers to go **** themselves if they don't like it.

[Theben]

Originally posted by connorkimbro
no no no don't! decide for yourself. tell the naysayers to go **** themselves if they don't like it.

He wanted our opinion. Personally, it's pretty annoying.

[korn469]

i say it's time to go, you can still use it, just use it sparingly

[mrmitchell]

I like it. It's your kind of "signature"...whenever I see it, I know, "This is going to be an sb post and if this is the babe girlfriend thread it will have lots of pics :drool: "

[Maniac]

The question: "Should they stay or should they go?"
The answer possibilities: "Yes!" and "No!"

I voted yes btw...

[Immortal Wombat]

I don't care so long as the occasional capital letter is employed.

[Shi Huangdi]

Originally posted by Theben


He wanted our opinion. Personally, it's pretty annoying.

i agree, makes his posts much more annoying to read, i usually skip over his posts.

[Dis]

so how does he type in something that needs to be emphasized? Does he use normal print?

And does he have to type in the [i] brackets everytime? That alone would cause me not to do it. I'm a lazy typer.

[St Leo]

Italics are used for quoting stuff and emphasising titles. Using them for the main body violates the standard.