http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2003/10/30/geek-news-editorial/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2003/10/30/geek-news-editorial/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Mike Masnick Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:45:33 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=1751#comment-692 Heh. I get these same comments all the time. Don't worry about them. They're just people with chips on their shoulders trying to get a rise out of you. Call them the language trolls or the frustrated English teachers and move on. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I've noticed one very interesting trend: if people want to honestly point out a typo or mistake, they contact me politely via email or the feedback form on Techdirt. I usually thank those people and correct the typo. If they want to make a snide comment, they do it publicly, to make them feel superior. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> My favorite, though, was the wonderful person who pointed out a very very very obscure grammatical error - and got it *wrong* themselves - and then suggested that I was illiterate, for not writing things the wrong way. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I just laugh them off. Don't let them bother you. Heh. I get these same comments all the time. Don’t worry about them. They’re just people with chips on their shoulders trying to get a rise out of you. Call them the language trolls or the frustrated English teachers and move on.

I’ve noticed one very interesting trend: if people want to honestly point out a typo or mistake, they contact me politely via email or the feedback form on Techdirt. I usually thank those people and correct the typo. If they want to make a snide comment, they do it publicly, to make them feel superior.

My favorite, though, was the wonderful person who pointed out a very very very obscure grammatical error – and got it *wrong* themselves – and then suggested that I was illiterate, for not writing things the wrong way.

I just laugh them off. Don’t let them bother you.

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