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Quote from: Jet Cash on October 02, 2019, 12:38:22 PM

I skip over such posts, and very rarely do I read the content. Am I alone in this?

You're not alone by any means. It's annoying, and when I see titles in big capital letters or with symbols and so forth, I immediately assume it's some shitposter or scammer trying to use those petty little means to bring attention to their shitty thread.

Haven't seen you around in a while, Jet Cash. Glad you're still here with us.

Quote from: MFahad on October 02, 2019, 12:59:43 PM

Bold text do create some attention towards a particular point and emphasis what the author wants to say.

Yeah, then every moron thinking he has something important to say (not usually the case) starts to do it, and then it's not long before everyone does it just to keep pace. It's a neverending shit spiral and needs to be quashed. Props to Jet Cash for bringing it up.

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Bold text should be used sparingly and colored text should be seldom used. The combination thereof, then, should only be used in extremely rare situations.

Especially blue. God, what an ^{u^{g_l^y} _{c_{o_lo_r}}}.

When bold text is used to highlight passages or to emphasize specific terms then it's much more justified.

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There's a button that let's you read pages in Firefox without formatting or signatures or images...

On mobile it's next to the tabs button on the opposite side of settings, maybe you ought to try it. I think you can click the printable version and it does the same too...

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Bold is a tool, and definitely has its uses on the forum. A well constructed thread should probably include bold somewhere. For example, putting emphasis on titles or outlining important information within the thread. Posts/replies I would expect to see it less, although I believe it can still be used, and still has its place, but would expect it to be used less often than threads.

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Quote from: Jet Cash on October 02, 2019, 12:38:22 PM

I find it slows down my reading quite considerably. Presumably you want people to read your post - well bold and coloured text is non-standard, and it slows down reading for those of us who are busy, and have other interests. If you want your message to get maximum exposure, then please treat the forum as a collection of message boards, and not as a place to practice design exercises.

I skip over such posts, and very rarely do I read the content. Am I alone in this?

Bold text do create some attention towards a particular point and emphasis what the author wants to say. If i come across a big post, and the key points are bold/Highlighted it may give quick idea for the post and i may not have to read the whole long post. For me, using it for few words or one/two sentence is ok but it is certainly not reading friendly if the whole post is bold or in different colors font.

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Quote from: Jet Cash on October 02, 2019, 12:38:22 PM

Am I alone in this?

I rarely see posts that are completely in bold (probably because I don't read certain boards very often). But there's more to it than not using bold at all: use it wisely!
I use bold font quite often, but mainly for headers (see: example), and most of the time only when I'm creating a new topic. It can make your text easier to read when used wisely, just like colors.

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Quote from: Jet Cash on October 02, 2019, 12:38:22 PM

I skip over such posts, and very rarely do I read the content. Am I alone in this?

You are not alone in this.

I do the same. Too much bold and large font most of the time lose the interest to read a post.

Also I skip to much emoji and GIF when they post it. The images takes time to load and sometimes when there are a lot of image then it's irritating to wait for all of them to load before reading.

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I find it slows down my reading quite considerably. Presumably you want people to read your post - well bold and coloured text is non-standard, and it slows down reading for those of us who are busy, and have other interests. If you want your message to get maximum exposure, then please treat the forum as a collection of message boards, and not as a place to practice design exercises.

I skip over such posts, and very rarely do I read the content. Am I alone in this?

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