[ComputerGuru]

Do these people type all lowercase on purpose? Is it a power move/status thing?

I'd have to go out of my way to type like that, on mobile or at a workstation.

[parentheses]

I do it from time to time and I feel like it's a mix of several things (1) it's counter culture, (2) it's early internet culture, (3) aesthetic/uniformity, (4) laziness, (5) carelessness, (6) a power move, (7) "hyper rationality".

And all of these contribute to it being a power move.

[rootusrootus]

I assume it's on purpose. It certainly is when I do it, because I have to keep overriding autocorrect's insistence that I type like a grown up.

though maybe they're just typing from a computer and there's no autocorrect to get in the way. even then, i have to override my own instinct

[sedatk]

I use all lowercase on platforms where I share original content because I like the aesthetic of lowercase letters. They look more harmonious to me. I only use uppercase when using acronyms because I think they're recognized quicker by their shape.

[gandutraveler]

You used uppercase here

[sedatk]

Oh no! :) Yes, I use all lowercase on Twitter and Eksi Sozluk mostly. I don't write in all lowercase on Reddit, HN, or Quora, or forums, etc where different type of capitalizations mix up. I find non-uniformity less pleasing to the eye than proper capitalization.

I also write my emails with proper capitalization too, for similar reasons.

[zingababba]

Must have been copy/pasted from someone else's comment ;-)

[airstrike]

a symptom of spending too much time on IRC back in the days, IMHO

I actually have auto-capitalization turned off on my phone

[lapphi]

This is exactly my thinking.

[paulddraper]

I had a boss that did that.

"case doesn't actually matter, i'm not gonna waste my time hitting shift"

[Greenpants]

"why waste time say lot word when few word do trick"

[kenneth]

Why does he bother with apostrophes then…

[paulddraper]

IDK I guess you'll have to ask Brockman yourself.

[jd24]

I do it sometimes when I don't feel like using my pinkies to hit shift. This happens more often on laptops where the keys are flat.

[mr3martinis]

Looks like a capital issue.

[kobalsky]

in my case pep8 is to blame

[khazhoux]

Not a power move at all! It's just that people who are this smart, whose brains operate in a higher dimension than you can possibly imagine, won't waste precious mental cycles on silly uppercases just the rest of us commoners.

[croes]

Would you help your Uncle Jack off a horse without uppercase letters?

[seanthemon]

i helped dehorse uncle jack

[unstatusthequo]

Speed. The fact he even decided to Tweet/Xeet during a period of personal and professional upheaval is notable on its own. I’m cool adding in my own capitalization as needed. Or maybe I could past it in ChatGPT!

Too soon?

[cj]

I've always seen it as a way of peacocking. A way for people to make themselves stand out from others. But I think it also stems from a mindset of "I'm aware that professional communication involves proper capitalization, but I'm not going to bother because I don't feel the need to communicate professionally to the person I'm typing to"

I'm fine with it as long as everyone is typing in lowercase. But if the culture of a company or community is to type a certain way, there's some level of disrespect (or rebellion) by doing the opposite.