user69: I am wondering if we should be discouraging (or at least editing out) web abbreviations used in questions.  Just to be clear I'm obviously not campaigning against biological abbreviations, more things like:

AFAIK
IMO
IMHO (which I think is fine on Meta if used sparingly) 
OP (which again is fine when in edit logs)
tl;dr 
IIRC

All of which turned up in a few searches I ran.  
My concern is that people who are not perhaps overly net-literate may be confused by their presence, that they could if used in the middle of an answer be confused with biological shorthand or simply that the lack of formality may put off experts.  
What does everyone think?

user69: Just posted as an answer to allow for up/down votes to show (dis)agreement.
I'm in favour of editing out these abbreviations either by completely removing them if superfluous (e.g. it's clear that it is your opinion when it is your answer so IMO is redundant) or by replacing them with their full-text equivalent. 
As comments can not be edited, I would suggest in each case asking the commenter to avoid use of netcronyms where possible. The same for comments.

69: <p>I am wondering if we should be discouraging (or at least editing out) web abbreviations used in questions.  Just to be clear I'm obviously not campaigning against biological abbreviations, more things like:</p>

<ul>
<li>AFAIK</li>
<li>IMO</li>
<li>IMHO (which I think is fine on Meta if used sparingly) </li>
<li>OP (which again is fine when in edit logs)</li>
<li>tl;dr </li>
<li>IIRC</li>
</ul>

<p>All of which turned up in a few searches I ran.  </p>

<p>My concern is that people who are not perhaps overly net-literate may be confused by their presence, that they could if used in the middle of an answer be confused with biological shorthand or simply that the lack of formality may put off experts.  </p>

<p>What does everyone think?</p>
 69: <p><em>Just posted as an answer to allow for up/down votes to show (dis)agreement.</em></p>

<p>I'm in favour of editing out these abbreviations either by completely removing them if superfluous (e.g. it's clear that it is your opinion when it is your answer so IMO is redundant) or by replacing them with their full-text equivalent. </p>

<p><del>As comments can not be edited, I would suggest in each case asking the commenter to avoid use of netcronyms where possible.</del>  <em>The same for comments</em>.</p>
