Paulovsk comments on Rationality Quotes January 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 01 January 2013 06:54:25PM 4 points [-]

For Instance It Makes You Write With Odd Capitalization.

Comment author: dspeyer 01 January 2013 07:28:08PM 8 points [-]

It's probably a section title.

Comment author: Paulovsk 02 January 2013 02:09:59AM 0 points [-]

It's a copywriting technique. It makes easier for people to read (note how the subjects of newsletters campaings usually come like that). Don't ask me for the research, I have no idea where I've read it.

In this case, I guess he just pasted the title here.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2013 01:49:05PM *  1 point [-]

Don't ask me for the research, I have no idea where I've read it.

So, is there any research done about this kind of stuff? All the discussions of this kind of things I've seen on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style and places like that appear to be based on people Generalizing From One Example.