Proper grammar and spelling

Is it me, or was one of the best things about Videosift the respite it offers from incredibly poor spelling and grammar of other places like Youtube and Myspace?

I dont no about u, but it absolutely paines me to c ppl write like this.

Can't there be some sort of guideline for sifters, or maybe for those that are just truly lazy a "Check spelling" button under the 'post new comment' box?

Some members have even been told multiple times in comments on their profiles about it, so I know it's not just me.
Just a thought.
MarineGunrock says...

Hahaha - Wow. Now I feel incredibly stupid. The really funny part is that I have a spell checker installed for Firefox, so all entry fields are checked automatically. Must have been all the 'c' and 'u' and 'no' that threw me off. Damn red squiggles.

looris says...

I don't understand are you complaining other sites' users suck, or about grammar problems HERE?

One of the reasons I like the sift is because its userbase it's a log above standards. No dumb-troll-kidz.

MarineGunrock says...

@ looris:
While I did complain about other websites and their atrocious userbase, I brought this topic up because some members here, (particularly new ones) don't seem to get that proper spelling and grammar is what sifters have come to expect from other sifters.

A main example would be westy. Everyone here knows that he can't spell for jack, but like I said, it's usually just the new members that do it.

arvana says...

I think it's amazing what a nice place VideoSift has become to hang out -- it's a real tribute to its founders. I would say that it's up to all of us to kindly and gently bring new users up to speed on what makes VS tick. Though they'll figure it out for themselves soon enough.

Westy is a special case -- he's one of our unique characters who gives the site some extra flavour.

MarineGunrock says...

I know he's not new. I just mentioned it because everyone knows him because of his (no offense, westy) atrocious spelling. Kinda like everyone knowing QM for being the most right-wing nut there is. Or ant's vicious downvotes.

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