of course it doesn't belong in that context you're referring to, and i'm really surprised to hear that people are using it in that way. but otherwise (i.e. on the internet) it's a good system that makes perfect sense. i might put 'imo' in a sentence indicate that what i am saying is 'in my opinion'. meaning that i'm acknowledging the subjectivity of my viewpoint rather than making a bold confrontational statement. in a face to face conversation someone may or may not be able to pick that up without it being said, but generally not on the internet.
you might say 'why not type in my opinion?' but that would be pointless and inefficient, particularly as it's one of a clutch of regularly used stock phrases used as tools in this way, and no more information is contained in the 13 character version than the 3 character version.
personally i think there's a kind of beauty to the way that that much information is condensed down to 3 phonetic characters.
Is anyone sick of people using acronyms for everyday speech?
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of course it doesn't belong in that context you're referring to, and i'm really surprised to hear that people are using it in that way. but otherwise (i.e. on the internet) it's a good system that makes perfect sense. i might put 'imo' in a sentence indicate that what i am saying is 'in my opinion'. meaning that i'm acknowledging the subjectivity of my viewpoint rather than making a bold confrontational statement. in a face to face conversation someone may or may not be able to pick that up without it being said, but generally not on the internet.
you might say 'why not type in my opinion?' but that would be pointless and inefficient, particularly as it's one of a clutch of regularly used stock phrases used as tools in this way, and no more information is contained in the 13 character version than the 3 character version.
personally i think there's a kind of beauty to the way that that much information is condensed down to 3 phonetic characters.