Dopers who've had accounts since the early 2000s, how was your writing style changed?

[StGermain]

@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

[Infovore]

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.

[Happy_Lendervedder]

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.”)

[winneee]

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.
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[dtilque]

@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?

[overlyverbose]

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.