The written language is not optimum for expressing quality. It is much better designed for quantitative expression.
Written language lacks the intonation, facial expression,body language, and other nuances that make up a large part of human to human communication.
This is evident in the difficulty telling the difference between sarcasm and stupidity in forum posts.
Also, if you pardon the pun, there is a lot of "noise" in writing on or in public venues. Written communication in forums like this are not only simplex communications but also delayed simplex. Added to the difficulty is that there are multiple delayed simplex communications occurring at the the same time even in the best of moderated thread. How to I get MY message to stand out from the rest of the rabble?
Typing in all capitals is discouraged and typing in a different font is simply annoying. All we are left are our words. So to get noticed, I use bigger words and more words, especially if they have an emotional appeal.
How many click-bait sites have titles "Rare Photographs that will Blow Your Mind!"
Guaranteed that these pictures are neither rare nor especially interesting to BYM. But then, how many people would click on a site that advertised "Photographs that some people might find interesting"?
Then there is the competitive nature of people.
Hyperbole can often be competitive in nature.
There are many reasons why there is an inflation of adjectives on the Internets Tubes. Some of them can be explained by the limitations of writing and others because of the culture of the Internets Tubes.
However, the opposite also occurs. There is often a lack of use of adjectives when there needs to be. Photography sites are a good example.
A photographer is a person that takes/makes/creates a photograph. Nothing more, nothing less. Photographer is a noun and nouns identify but do not qualify. That's what adjectives are.
But how many posts make a claim that a particular person is not a photographer? People who use cell phones are not photographers. Well, yes they are. It is important not to assume or presume an adjectival property to a noun.
A person who takes/makes/creates a photograph may be a good photographer, a bad photographer, a skilled photographer, a lazy photographer, .... (you get the ...uh... picture). The proper use of the adjective allows better communication.
So on the Internets Tubes, we have two extreams
1. Over use of adjectives. Your post was absolutely the best post ever written on the Internets Tubes
2. Non use of adjectives. You are simply not a photographer.
And every thing in the middle.
Communicating solely through the written language is not easy. Like photography, technology makes people think they can communicate and a lot more people are communicating to a much larger group than was possible in the past. Not every photographer is a good photographer and not every writer is a good writer.
I am still learnin' both.
