to --hate-- HATE the strikethrough convention that is becoming common?

[RichTeas]

What is the point of the strikethrough convention? It's appearing everywhere, as a kind of "extra thought" or "unsaid though" or "changed opinion".

This kind of nuance used to be expressed through word choice or grammar, but it seems now the strikethrough is becoming a very lazy way of expressing oneself. Especially on forums like MN or blogs.

YABU

It's fun to write something sarcastic and cross it out.

YABU. It's another way to add emotion, tone and unspoken content to text only communication. It's like, enriching, or something and useful when you want to be a snarky bitch

Every time I've seen it the strikethrough convention means something quite specific - the thing struck through is a sociably unacceptable thought and the thing that follows is the sociably acceptable euphemism that replaces it.

I think it's quite an effective and economical way of expressing that and can't think of any equally concise way of expressing the same thing. What's your expression.

Its the ultimate passive aggressive tool we have on here

sorry, what would be your expression for saying the same thing ?

YABU

I think you are a misery strike through is fabulous!

I love the strike out it's one of my favourite things about MN you misery guts

That is what it is for ya plonker

I'm with you OP - i hate it too.

But its great for being snarky very useful sometimes.

I think it can be funny depending on what's been struck through.

Strikethrough is great you stuffy misery.

Strikethough is Aces! How can it be 'lazy'? Lazy would be not posting in the first place.

YABU - it's not common always been here

I like it and wish I could use it in rl or on fb

I find it quite funny but have no clue how to do it.

I've literally just realised as I wrote that first sentence that it tells you how under the reply box

you can do it on FB

You're online, in case you hadn't noticed there are all sorts of shortcuts for communication, emoticons for example.

Ooh can you usual? What's the code?

YABU, it's bloody useful.

you are being stupid unreasonable