[38932ur98u]

Actually something I've been wondering, as somebody learning German right now: are there equivalents to this kind of slang in online German? Would you _ever_ leave a noun, for example, uncapitalized, for a more casual feel?

[hobofan]

I wouldn't, and among my friends it's rather rare, but yeah there are people that don't capitalize when texting casually (or in any form of written text like my mom, which drives me insane).

[FridgeSeal]

As an English-speaker, communicating with people who neglect capitalisation in messages frustrates me immensely, especially proper nouns.