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==== Social media accessibility ==== [[Microblogging]] and [[social networking service]]s that limit the number of characters in a message are potential outlets for medial capitals. Using camel case between words reduces the number of spaces, and thus the number of characters, in a given message, allowing more content to fit into the limited space. [[Hashtag]]s, especially long ones, often use camel case to maintain readability (e.g. #CollegeStudentProblems is easier to read than #collegestudentproblems);<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blackwood |first1=Jessica |last2=Brown |first2=Kate |title=Accessible Use of CamelCase and Structuring Posts |url=https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/accessibledigitalcontenttraining/chapter/accessible-use-of-camelcase-and-structuring-posts/ |website=Accessible Digital Content Training |publisher=McMaster University}}</ref> this practice improves [[accessibility]] as [[screen reader]]s recognize CamelCase in parsing composite hashtags.<ref>{{cite web |year=2022 |title=Social Media Accessibility Guidelines |url=https://accessibility.princeton.edu/guidelines/social-media#camelcase |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012082805/https://accessibility.princeton.edu/guidelines/social-media#camelcase |archive-date=12 October 2022 |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=Princeton University}}</ref> In website URLs, spaces are [[Percent-encoding|percent-encoded]] as "%20", making the address longer and less [[human readable]]. By omitting spaces, camel case does not have this problem.
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