Gen Z linguistic phenomenon. It's to signify a more authentic or calmer, more personable style rather than an overly literary one. It's kind of nice actually, like talking to a friend about their thoughts.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/18/death-of-cap...
It's how we all used to talk on IRC, well before Gen Z came online :)
Yes however I doubt the author was an IRC user. For chats people generay do use lowercase cause it's easier but this article is also about using lowercase outside of chats.
That depended on your IRC server of choice.
I grew up on some where you got flamed very quickly if you didn’t clean that up (e.g Espernet).
It goes back to the 1960s TV show, "The Prisoner".[1] In the village, all signage and maps are lower case only, and in a unique font.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osNmf_zmSyE