# Dopers who've had accounts since the early 2000s, how was your writing style changed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-had-accounts-since-the-early-2000s-how-was-your-writing-style-changed/818318 "2018-07-21T09:54:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-had-accounts-since-the-early-2000s-how-was-your-writing-style-changed/818318/21 "2018-07-24T02:54:13Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I no longer feel compelled to respond to _everything_ related to Tolkien or medicine. And I now seldom bother engaging posters whose postings here make it seem that they have a significant personality disorder. Cheese, OTOH, will draw you in every time. StG ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-had-accounts-since-the-early-2000s-how-was-your-writing-style-changed/818318/22 "2018-07-25T18:36:43Z")
I’ve been here since 2000, and I don’t think my style has changed much since then. I wasn’t in my teens/early 20s then, though. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-had-accounts-since-the-early-2000s-how-was-your-writing-style-changed/818318/23 "2018-07-25T18:40:27Z")
I was a journalist back in the early aughts, so perhaps my posts followed AP Style more closely. Not sure. Aside from that, I don’t bold usernames anymore, and I don’t sign every post. (I used to close every post with “Happy.”) ---
**Author:** ![winneee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e4f/32.png) [@winneee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winneee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-had-accounts-since-the-early-2000s-how-was-your-writing-style-changed/818318/24 "2018-07-25T18:55:26Z")
I’ve gone through periods of wanting to post more but, ultimately, I just read it every single day. Reddit has given me a new appreciation for the intelligence of the posters here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-had-accounts-since-the-early-2000s-how-was-your-writing-style-changed/818318/25 "2018-07-25T21:28:42Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > I’m proofreading now as I did then - I do not believe that my writing style has changed one bit. Same here. I’ve always proofread, even way back when I first got on the Infobahn in 1986. (The Internet was not new in 2000, despite what someone said above.) Not only that, but before I hit the post button, I always ask myself, “Do I really want to post this?” Sometimes the answer is “no” and I cancel it. The net would be a much saner place if everyone did that. > [@](#): > > And I’m a 99er. Hey, the OP clearly calls for early-00ers. What are you snooty 99ers doing here? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-had-accounts-since-the-early-2000s-how-was-your-writing-style-changed/818318/26 "2018-07-25T21:29:10Z")
My posts used to follow AP style as well, but I haven’t been a writer for hire for about 8 years, so I don’t tend to write as cleanly. I’ve also noticed that I post far less frequently than I used to (mostly because I spend less time on my personal laptop) and when I do post, I’m more cautious about what I say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-whove-had-accounts-since-the-early-2000s-how-was-your-writing-style-changed/818318.md?page=1)