[Future Snake Eater]

He uses no punctuation, doesn't capitalize proper names or at the beginning of sentences, and uses IM code in place of regular words.

I think you just hit the real problem, right there. These kids get on the internet and every possible rule in the English language that can be broken is utterly demolished. Then they go to school and think that it's all OK to use in formal writing. It's pure laziness, really. My use of the rules of English on AIM is stressed, to be sure, but when I write anything formally, I make sure it's as perfect as it can be. These kids need much more practice.

[Paul Atreides]

I was recently on a forum in which a person kept referring to everyone else as "peeps" (ex: How are all of you peeps doing?). I had to get a friend to tell me the person was talking about. Not to mention the fact that a lot of the other people in the forum didn't like being referred to as a "peep."