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Off-topic: this is the third blog I come accross in the last month that does not use capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Am I out of the loop? Why is that?

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It’s an anti-signal trying to lower the writing’s formalness without actually casualizing the language, usually a quick shortcut for those who compose coherent sentences instinctively and would otherwise need to spend mental energy to go out of their way to not write like that.

I am German, we write all nouns capitalized.

If I write English I often need to fix some nouns that I have written subconsciously capitalized.

So I think it would be equally acceptable for me to just leave them in?

It’s only considered typical in informal online communities basically

It might give your writing some unintentional changes to what is emphasized.

In text it might feel like the author is holding back a full caps lock rant.

It could be that, but also many other languages don't capitalize titles the way English does. It took me a long time as an English learner to learn that it was expected. It still feels very weird to me.

Could be related to bauhaus it creeps up every few years.

https://www.bauhaus-bookshelf.org/bauhaus_writing_in_small_l...

My english major friend in college adopted this affectation because of ee cummings.

Sort of the September of English Lit I figure.

gay online sociolect

>gay online sociolect

the vibe indeed

in my case i think its laziness, holding down shift also feels like an unnecessary distraction. it could also just be me being difficult, ive been told sometimes that i am.

ps: its the future of the internet, get in now, be a cool kid.

Well... First of all, this is a blog post, it's not just casual chat. Second, they seem to capitalise names properly, so it's not just down to 'laziness' or 'limiting distraction'...

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