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   thoughtholeposted 12 years ago

   What is the deal with people creating hubs with 100% bolded or underlined text body?
   
   As I have been hub hopping I have run across several hubs with the entire body of the article in bold, underline, or both. It is hurtful to my eyes when I come upon it, I do not even want to read whatever it is. Everytime I see this I wonder what the individual was thinking when they decided to do that.

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   MickSposted 12 years ago

   They obviously like to shout their ideas.

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   Seeker7posted 12 years ago

   I guess they think it will draw attention to either the whole hub or some points within it. For me I find these hubs irritating - to me it looks like the writer is shouting!! But I definately agree, the text is very hard on the eyes when reading , so I avoid them like the plague! I hope this isn't a text fashion that will catch on - it's unnecessary, silly and very annoying.

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   Millionaire Tipsposted 12 years ago

   If someone is new to HP and especially new to using a computer, they may have difficulty figuring out how to turn the formatting on or off.  I think the polite thing to do would be to send them a message and teach them how to do it. 
   
   If it looks like they are doing it on purpose, you can flag the hub, and hopefully the moderators will guide them appropriately.

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   libby1970posted 12 years ago

   I've noticed the same thing when hopping hubs. It's annoying at the least! I have no idea why someone would do this! Apparently they are trying to make it stand out but good writing stands on its own!

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      paxwillposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Of course.  But the people who produce these hubs cannot write well as far as I have seen.

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      libby1970posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Oh absoultely. I've seen some low standard hubs while hub hopping. I don't know why some of these people even publish such nonsense!

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   Kennedi Brownposted 12 years ago

   IT'S LIKE TYPING IN ALL CAPS.
   
   FOR EMPHASIS.
   
   IT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
   
   Or just crazy and technologically illiterate.

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   paxwillposted 12 years ago

   The short answer is they are idiots. Sorry to be blunt, but if people think that writing in bold italic underlined caps is an acceptable style, they have no business publishing. Not surprisingly, when you read these articles you'll find they are also riddled with spelling and grammar issues, and tend to be long moronic rants/opinion pieces.
   
   I have flagged many of these stupid articles but they tend to stay up.  I have no idea why HP wants to commit suicide by giving these things a pass. This is the reason why HP's Google ranking has nosedived.  No amount of redesigning or Apprenticeship Programs are going to improve HP's rankings unless HP staff gets serious about quality control.  HP STAFF ARE YOU LISTENING??? (no... *crickets*)

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      Kennedi Brownposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Also, the text looks like it was copied and pasted from a paranoid schizophrenic/religious argument that broke out from nowhere in the middle of a post about cheese or something totally unrelated in the forums.

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      libby1970posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Speaking of this... I was just hub hopping and found a hub that was very short, and all bold. I went to their profile. This hubber has about 8 hubs--all bold letters!

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      thoughtholeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I am impressed that you went on to read such an article. I find them so off putting I just vote them down and move on, I can not bear to struggle through reading the torturous text.

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      libby1970posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm laughing! I had to see! It's like a car accident--you shouldn't look but something in your curiosity forces you to just do it. You regret seeing. I regret it!

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      discovery2020posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Tell me how you really feel.

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   bockshinerposted 12 years ago

   I've seen this a few times in hubs. I just skip over them because they're hard for me to read. Maybe they're just trying to make their hub look different. Or maybe they can't see very good and they use the bold to make the letters easier to see. Who knows. I just skip it and move on to another hub.

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      bockshinerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I just noticed that when I wrote in Google Docs and then copied and pasted it over to Hubpages, everything was bold. This could be a reason people are posting all bold. They're just copying and pasting from something else.

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   nochanceposted 12 years ago

   I recommend leaving a comment about how difficult it is to read. Sometimes the hub author just doesn't know any better. Sometimes they'll change it. Sometimes they won't.

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      dainy665daneposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      yes, i agree. It will help him/her recognize that there is something wrong in his/her article.

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    dainy665daneposted 12 years ago

    It's like they're drawing attention of the readers when what they actually did was to mess up with their article. Its totally irritating to the eyes to see all uppercased/underlined/bolded texts. It's just like someone is screaming in your face.

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       Kennedi Brownposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Ugh, not to mention when people make every word a different color.

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