Forget if netspeak is making people more proficient or not in the english language, what about the fact the internet is destroying slowly the use for other languages? Not taking sides, just bringing a debate. Personally I can't wait until we all speak and write in phonetics.

And this is bull, netspeak is making teen's brains rot. We are just showing them that it doesn't matter how you write, and it's going to propagate to other things. Procrastinate!