06-21-2003, 12:30 AM
Personally I didn't find his post hard to read...
Imo, a good number of people on these forums are becoming painfully anal about grammar/punctuation. I admit - people trying to speak in "l33t" or aZn - need to be thwacked upside the head. But minor grammatical errors to not warrant a flaming, most of us are NOT/were NOT english majors - some of us don't even speak english in our everyday lives.
While MEAT isn't the primary culprit in the flamings (heck, this is the first time I've seen him go after someone because grammar) - it does show a common problem that is spreading among these forums. I could probably give multiple examples from all the different boards in LL that I read of people making nitpicky remarks about grammar, which if you think about it is just anal and idiotic (it pushes people away - which is never a good idea , especially when it is on a forum that claims to be around to find answers to the questions).
Basically, what I'm trying to say is:
While some people may want small forums of people who just post in proper MLA or APA formats (site your sources picky people, in the proper format) - it is not good for finding answers to questions that may come up. Because with people being chased off for B quality writing skills, you have a smaller group for questions to arrive from, and with less questions asked, less answers are found. Be careful, or you could potentially chase off the person who has the question that is key to sparking your interest in your new idea, or new favorite character variant.
Imo, a good number of people on these forums are becoming painfully anal about grammar/punctuation. I admit - people trying to speak in "l33t" or aZn - need to be thwacked upside the head. But minor grammatical errors to not warrant a flaming, most of us are NOT/were NOT english majors - some of us don't even speak english in our everyday lives.
While MEAT isn't the primary culprit in the flamings (heck, this is the first time I've seen him go after someone because grammar) - it does show a common problem that is spreading among these forums. I could probably give multiple examples from all the different boards in LL that I read of people making nitpicky remarks about grammar, which if you think about it is just anal and idiotic (it pushes people away - which is never a good idea , especially when it is on a forum that claims to be around to find answers to the questions).
Basically, what I'm trying to say is:
While some people may want small forums of people who just post in proper MLA or APA formats (site your sources picky people, in the proper format) - it is not good for finding answers to questions that may come up. Because with people being chased off for B quality writing skills, you have a smaller group for questions to arrive from, and with less questions asked, less answers are found. Be careful, or you could potentially chase off the person who has the question that is key to sparking your interest in your new idea, or new favorite character variant.
Chaos < Logic > Order
One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles.
One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes win, sometimes lose.
One who does not know the enemy and does not know himself will be in danger in every battle.
- Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles.
One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes win, sometimes lose.
One who does not know the enemy and does not know himself will be in danger in every battle.
- Sun Tzu "The Art of War"