i also avoid use of semicolons in casual conversation (forum posting, DMing) because it makes you sound pretentious
(i replace them with commas)
but i will use them in tweets
i don't tweet much these days, but my tweeting voice is my "trying to write well" voice
everything else, like right now, is "how i actually sound"
sometimes when i join a gc full of people i haven't spoken (written) to before, i wonder if they're surprised by my trooncase, considering that i do not write that way on the tl.
i actually like and support the demonization of trooncase (and ebonics) by the amarnites -- to me, this is a welcome development, progressing beyond the niggerbabble and wiggerisms of the oakers