• RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      16 days ago

      I have noticed people have changed the way they type since around 2016, when trump became president. The amount of people putting “Sad.” Behind a sentence is mindblowing. He gave so many people severe brainworms.

      • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        16 days ago

        Using caps for emphasis in places where formatting options don’t exist is a practice as old as the internet. I remember doing it in the usenet days.

      • HugeNerd@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        16 days ago

        He gave so many people severe brainworms.

        Luckily not you though. That Ivermectin helped!

    • Zink@programming.devEnglish
      62·
      16 days ago

      With a single word in caps like that, I read it as yelling the word loudly.

      The way it’s used here, by a PR conscious intermediary, it comes across more like bitter sarcasm. Like he would not let them release the statement on his behalf unless they yelled Facebook’s name when calling them out. It is similar to when a child tells their sibling they aren’t allowed to do something, but they say it loudly enough so that everybody understands the parent in the next room hears it too.

      Edit to clarify: It is an awesome move to call them out, especially to people who blindly just use Meta’s stuff. I read my own comment and worried it would sound like I was calling the Facebook call-out childish itself. It is not. It is a very good thing to fight for a better world, especially when you have the fame or resources that give you a louder voice.