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In response to "Luddites! Where would we be if people reacted this way when the exclamation point was invented?! -- nm" by Ender

I suppose it's kind of useful to have punctuation marking the writer as an idiot. -- nm

Posted by Reagen Aug 24 '12, 18:41

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It may not be the writer's fault. It might be some PR person's idea after it was sent to a survey panel. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 24, 18:43
I'll be impressed if you've never used an exclamation point in your entire ST history. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:43 7
- Exclamation marks serve a purpose in indicating mode. Hashtags do, what exactly? -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:44 6
  - They isolate and standardize the topic being discussed into a discrete keyword. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:46 5
    - Kind of like a title! - Reagen Aug 24, 18:48 3
      - Titles often have spaces, which are harder to search with. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:50 1
        
        Also, titles are sometimes useless or duplicated. "It". "Drive". "Crash". "Gigli". -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:51
      - If your film title is over 140 characters long you're doing something wrong. -- nm - Ender Aug 24, 18:49
    - The problem here is that the movie should actually be called #shittymarketingploy -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 18:46

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