I must say though, the people who use all caps for their entire comment (especially if it’s more than a paragraph) can be quite annoying. (It’s just more difficult to read.)

This development was not inevitable, but it’s become pretty standard. If you don’t want to be seen as overbearing, don’t type in all caps. Same reason why you don’t sport a mullet if you want to be taken seriously.

Of course some of us, myself often included, find italics obnoxious and pedantic, though comparatively less so. You should be able to make your points clear and emphatic without having to beat your readers over the head. I think it can also come across as self-important–where you think your point is so damn world-rearranging that it must change the very nature of font itself.

My eyes glaze when I read people who use either excessively. I tend to suspect immediately that the emphasized points will be talking about SHADOW WORLD GOVERNMENTS or the truth that hides behind the powers the be. Boring.

I also associate italics with quotes.

So who looks like a moron now?