# Posting in all caps? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 15, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137 "2012-12-15T21:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/1 "2012-12-15T21:41:17Z")
Can i post in all caps? Any attempt to do so (as I just tried with both the subject line and the first sentence) results in all of my text reverting to lower case upon either preview or posting. Is this from one of my flashblocker/noscript programs, or what? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/2 "2012-12-15T21:47:24Z")
It’s vBulletin. There are lots of old threads on this. See [this most recent one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=672292) if you really need to post in all caps. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/3 "2012-12-15T22:05:11Z")
aSOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE IT IF YOU DO ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/4 "2012-12-15T22:36:02Z")
LET’S TRY THAT AGAlN WITHOUT THE HIDDEN TEXT. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/5 "2012-12-15T22:52:45Z")
DAMMIT CHRONOS! HOW DID YOU DO THAT? 'Cause I can only do it with hidden text. ---
**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/6 "2012-12-15T22:57:57Z")
IF YOU LOOK AT IT AGAlN I THINK YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/7 "2012-12-15T23:08:55Z")
OK. l GET IT. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/8 "2012-12-15T23:54:13Z")
> [@john difool](#): > > can i post in all caps? ⓅⓁⒺⒶⓈⒺ ⒹⓄⓃ’Ⓣ. ⒾⓉ’Ⓢ ⓇⒺⒶⓁⓁⓎ ⓄⒷⓃⓄⓍⒾⓄⓊⓈ. ---
**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/9 "2012-12-15T23:57:23Z")
Would you like it if everyone shouted at you when talking? ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/10 "2012-12-16T01:13:38Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > ⓅⓁⒺⒶⓈⒺ ⒹⓄⓃ’Ⓣ. ⒾⓉ’Ⓢ ⓇⒺⒶⓁⓁⓎ ⓄⒷⓃⓄⓍⒾⓄⓊⓈ. There are worse ways to be obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/11 "2012-12-16T01:53:54Z")
How do you type inside circles like that??? =O ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/12 "2012-12-16T01:54:08Z")
I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’RE YELLlNG ABOUT! ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/13 "2012-12-16T03:44:22Z")
What the hell is going on in here? I can hear you guys all the way down in mpsims!! Shhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/14 "2012-12-16T03:46:25Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > There are worse ways to be obnoxious. This post has … oh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/15 "2012-12-16T05:49:38Z")
I’m a little old lady and I find all caps hard to read. Besides, I know that it usually signifies shouting at someone. It makes me cry. Colorful large letter are helpul to me, but offensive to some. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/16 "2012-12-16T07:49:59Z")
**how do you type inside circles???** ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/17 "2012-12-16T08:22:40Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > There are worse ways to be obnoxious. yes there are ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/18 "2012-12-16T08:33:24Z")
\*\*AH THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT. COOL.\*\*ah ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/19 "2012-12-16T13:55:04Z")
> [@boomerwang](#): > > \*\*AH THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT. COOL.\*\*ah Well that’s the harder way. Look again at the post by **Chronos**. I think you should see the little trick, if only you’d look again. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137/20 "2012-12-16T14:26:00Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > yes there > are Most definitely yes their are. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-in-all-caps/644137.md?page=2)