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.

How usual?

oh get over yourself

Please tell me HOW to do it on FB!!!!!

You can do it on FB? How?! Do tell!

I hate it when people do it like this

Makes my eyes bleed, must take fecking forever too!

WOOOOOOO!! thanks Hopeforthebest

here

That looks rather complicated it's easier on here

Well, all you clever cloggs, the fact is that most of your comments don't even require the strikethrough to impart the same meaning. Occasionally some brackets could be used or other adjustments, but the reality is that strikethrough is in most cases superfluous. It may be fun to some, but I find it annoying to have to read through something that has striked through.

You just C & P , it is a bit off a faff.

maybe you need to get your eyes tested RichTeas? (not being sarcastic - but maybe you do)

I'm off to annoy people on FB now :)

You're right, it's not as complicated as it first appears, it was all the HTML speak at the top that frightened me

Thank you Usual

i like it-it helps to convey what is lost from not being face-to-face; goes some way to replace facial expressions, and adds nuance

YABU as you would know if you'd been here long enough

are you proper annoyed richtea?

A very very under-rated biscuit IMO

killjoy what's the harm? It's fun to feel able to type the things you know you shouldn't really say/think/feel and have a built in convention for expressing this. YABU.

It's lazy? I think that is one of the funniest statements I've read on here surely most of social networking is 'lazy'? Maybe we should all just stop mn'ing and send each other telegrams

YABU. I fecking love it, for all of the reasons already mentioned.

I actually sometimes think in strikethrough in RL

I love strikethrough! Only this afternoon I was lamenting its omission from Hotmail! YABVVVU