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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Language evolves, as it always has

Especially in informal writing, tone is important, so various techniques end up developing to transmit that tone. Formal writing, which is what writing mostly used to be used for, does not use large amounts of tone