Reputations. Do they deserve more careful thought?

[computhief263]

Originally Posted by ChrisH

But it seems to me that the consensus of the members is that the language of this forum is standard american english, not IM speak. This has been discussed before in other threads. I have no problem with handing out a few negative rep points to people who obviously know better and are just being sloppy. Think of them as grammar corrections on a physics lab report. They are there to remind you to do better, but don't necessarily count against you in any real way either.

Granted people's ideas are easily understood if in proper english, but is it really that big of a deal if someone types part of a reply "IM speak"? I mean what if someone was typeing a reply that they felt was important but was in some kind of rush, and unconciously used some IM speak. Replacing your with "ur" or people with "ppl". Or conciously in the sake of speed use some shortcuts like "w/" for with of "b/c" for because? Or accidentlly mispelled a few words they werent sure how to spell. Does that mean that they are being sloppy? You can still understand what they are saying, right? I mean if stuff like that frustrates you that much then just stop reading the post. Give them negative rep if u wish, but that doesnt mean that they wont make the mistake again.

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

if ur an intllgnt prsn u cn get the meaning fm vry crptc frms of comnction

rght?

Like he said, "no one likes a spelling and grammar nazi". Especially when the spelling/grammar mistake was just that... a MISTAKE.