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<p>New Republic</p>
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<p>How Capital Letters Became Internet Code for Yelling</p>
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<p>The rules of “netiquette” are not exactly static or undisputed. Are emoticons appropriate in formal emails? Are “trigger warnings” thoughtful or over-the-top? Are you irritating everyone you email with your “signature”? The uncertainty that typically surrounds
these questions makes it all the more remarkable that there’s one convention that is incontestable: Typing in all caps is Internet code for shouting, and it is rude.</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
<a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117390/netiquette-capitalization-how-caps-became-code-yelling?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=between&utm_campaign=related">http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117390/netiquette-capitalization-how-caps-became-code-yelling?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=between&utm_campaign=related</a></p>
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