# My Allcaps Were Altered

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 4, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553 "2004-07-04T22:26:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553/1 "2004-07-04T22:26:04Z")

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I Posted In A Thread. The Entire Post Happened To Be Allcaps (it Was Two Abreviations “rip Be”) When It Posted It Was Firstcaps (first Letter Capitalised)

This Op Was Typed In Allcaps…

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553/2 "2004-07-04T22:31:55Z")

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Some info here:

> **[No all caps? Bug, or feature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255102)**
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> I attempted to post an all caps reaction to a horrific story here. The post was apparently automatically converted to lower case, which ruined the effect of the post. (Not that I’m complaining that it was a particularly brilliant post, mind you.) I...

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553/3 "2004-07-05T00:04:52Z")

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Ahat’s

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553/4 "2004-07-05T00:06:49Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Ahat’s

pardon?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553/5 "2004-07-05T00:06:59Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Ahat’s

Ooops. Experiment gone wild, please ignore. :smack:  
The preview button is on the _right_. The preview button is on the _right_. The preview button is on the _right_.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553/6 "2004-07-09T22:34:44Z")

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pesky feature buggered my “D.N.A.” reply in the “what makes a person cute” thread.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allcaps-were-altered/253553/7 "2004-07-10T23:38:48Z")

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You’ll Notice That Defeating Allcaps Also Screws Up The Shit-eating Grin Smiley Like So: :d