I mean, I personally was never taught to put a subject while writing a letter, only for emails. I figure if it’s important enough to be put in a letter you should just read the whole thing, and the first couple lines should Include the reason for sending a letter anyways. Aside from that I haven’t written a letter in over a decade, and have only written about 5 emails. Any communication I do in person, over text, or over call, with an emphasis on in person. On top of the notion that I wouldn’t ever write a letter to one of my neighbors, let alone interact with them in general. If I saw one of them getting burgled, I’d call the police and then mind my own business. So to answer your question, “these people” wouldn’t write a letter to their neighbor, most people don’t really do that anymore.
jeff@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I think most business and official correspondence has a bold subject line, and in the past perhaps they used full caps on type writers (what would I know, I was born in 1990). I like the idea of just putting the subject in the first couple of lines to make the point, sometimes having a dedicated subject line takes up precious space. I usually re-write several times over until it’s cropped enough to fit the subject line :)