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Some people are writing in English as a second language.
sasha2cute See my TER Reviews 1141 reads
posted
1 / 19
I have a suggestion

sometimes our posts get rejected Because they may be negative or to incite fights or drama.... I get it. They do however, allow posts that sometimes are very poorly written (ex: ripmany posts on general board). Should Ter also tackle people who willingly make posts that are written with excessive poor grammar?  

This site has certain standard but they don't seem to care much about how well people express themselves. Now please don't misinterpret my suggestion. I'm talking specifically about people who willingly write posts that are very hard to understand and have poor grammar. I'm not talking about the poster who makes the usual mistakes due to spellcheck correctors

NoYellowEnvelope 371 reads
posted
2 / 19
The problem is...

... how would Admin decide which posts are written with poor grammar intentionally, or unintentionally?  

I know a certain frequent poster, a provider, who often writes posts that use poor grammar and thus are sometimes hard to understand.  I suspect but don't know for sure that she does this intentionally. But there's some posters who love her writing style so much that they try to imitate it.  So it doesn't seem like this is a big problem.  

Another reason a post might be written with poor grammar and be hard to understand is the poster doesn't have English as his/her first language.  They intentionally wrote the post the way they did, but it's the best they can do.  

If posts are written solely to attack someone, I'm ok with sending them to the bit bin. And it's pretty clear when a post is only an attack. But I think it's another thing entirely to expect Admin to judge whether a post has bad enough grammar to delete it.  

If a post is hard to understand, I either ask for a clarification or maybe I just skip it--depends on how important the topic is to me.

mrfisher 111 Reviews 372 reads
posted
3 / 19
I don't mind those posts. They are mostly amusing,....

and if they get to be too much, I just ignore them.

Best to err on the side of tolerance

perfectstorm 19 Reviews 384 reads
posted
4 / 19
This is your second post on this board blasting ripmany,

Yet you praise fancy? WTF is the difference?

By the way TER's job is not to be the grammar police, and if you read some of the admin posts you'll see poor grammar there too. Of course not as bad as ripmany but still, where would you draw the line?

If you don't like his posts, don't read them!

-- Modified on 8/10/2016 9:32:22 PM

sasha2cute See my TER Reviews 387 reads
posted
5 / 19
Re: This is your second post on this board blasting ripmany,

ill be short and concise. my post was clear on what type of poor grammar i referred to. Ill give you a very simple example of why this is the second time I complain: this site have a lot of interesting people that have things that i find intriguing and sometimes theres great conversations to be had. when you lower the bar on what posts to allow thru TER filters... it lowers the quality of the boards, and soon enough people who i actually enjoy reading posts from, will cease to post.

examples:
dani987x
dr joe.  
these are only two people who i dont see posting anymore or nearly as often as before. Im sure it has to do with the path the boards are taking. I guess this is just my attempt to keep the boards somewhat sophisticated and with interesting topics and not just pure BS from people trying to sound illiterate. Im not saying trolls dont have the right to post on the boards... I understand that. All im saying is, do we wanna pay the price of losing interesting posters because of it?

please dont reply to this. im being rhetorical. If you dont at least get my point then I said what i had to say and at least i tried to make my voice heard before i just move on to other boards where theres interesting conversations and not trolls wasting internet bits lol.

JakeFromStateFarm 378 reads
posted
6 / 19
Too much work for TER. They'll never do it. eom


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mrfisher 111 Reviews 334 reads
posted
7 / 19
Fancy rules, ripmany drools.....

Fancy is elegant and precise; ripmany just goes on and on like the proverbial tale told by an idiot.

I know that they are different kinds of writers, but that does not mean that they should be conflated.  Fancy's posts are a pure cool breeze while ripmany's are a miasma

GaGambler 391 reads
posted
8 / 19
Ok, in that case how about the mindless novels posted by BBBBB?

If dani or dr joe don't want to be here, that's there choice. There have always been illiterate posters, obnoxious assholes, board trolls and incessant BSU cluttering up the boards.

So who are we going to elect to make these calls? and I say this as the guy who used to have to make these very same calls all day every day for years as the moderator of several boards including the GD board.

My rule was if there was any doubt about whether a post or poster "deserved" to be heard was to air the post. When you start censoring posts you start down that slippery slope of muzzling people you don't agree with, or simply don't like.  I don't like Fancy, BBBBB or Ripmany, but I will support their right to be annoying if the alternative is to allow the Ubersensitive board police to silence posters they either don't like or simply find annoying.  

Guess what? I bet you there are a LOT of people who would love to gag GaG, voting to muzzle the likes of ripmany could be a forebearer to vote to muzzle yours truly and do you really any of us will be safe at that point? Be very careful what you ask for as you might just get your wish. TER tried this once and it was a miserable failure.

2648667 31 Reviews 359 reads
posted
9 / 19
Sasha, I agree, these posters are very annoying, but...

GaG is right, it's a slippery slope. The board is censored enough already. If they tried to institute a policy as you describe, eventually whoever gets elected to draw the line between tolerance and regulation would put it somewhere you or I didn't agree with and then we'd be back here going 'round and 'round.

I'm not defending the people you're talking about. The ludicrous posts are getting very old. Sorry, but it's part of life in a free society. You're going to have a few bad apples.

Just focus on the fun and good info here and the people you do enjoy. As for the rest; as Rambo said, "FUCK 'UM!!"

The solution to the troll problem is not in feeding them like this. That goes for the GD board too. The people who blast and mock these posts are keeping the trolls fat and happy. The link explains what to do about trolls.
Related Link: Troll control (Don't be a Homer)

perfectstorm 19 Reviews 414 reads
posted
10 / 19
Fancy is elegant? Sorry fishbro, put down the crack pipe. EOM


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mrfisher 111 Reviews 315 reads
posted
11 / 19
Very much so...

She uses very few words to get her point across, and thus is simplicity itself, which is a major component of elegance.

Her grammatical construction may not be the Queen's English, but stylistically, I find it very becoming

perfectstorm 19 Reviews 404 reads
posted
12 / 19
I still say her and ripmany are brother and sister

And their parents are also brother and sister.

mrfisher 111 Reviews 467 reads
posted
13 / 19
Let's just say that Ripmany is Fancy's evil twin brother, and let it go at that. eom


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JanetRenosBeard 306 reads
posted
14 / 19
Says the lady who won't use caps. Priceless. EOM


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WickedBrut 27 Reviews 361 reads
posted
15 / 19
Some people are writing in English as a second language.

Others are deliberately being cryptic because they want to communicate only to a few individuals in their clique.

Some just make mistakes because they are typing their responses very quickly without proofing.

Some just aren't skilled at expressing themselves verbally.

Too many reasons why some posts are not up to snuff for any one person.

And who decides? There are already guys who follow other guys from board to board so that they can harass them every time they say anything. We can't dogpile everyone who doesn't make sense or whose board behavior resembles perversions they would vehemently deny in real life.

BigPapasan 3 Reviews 333 reads
posted
16 / 19
TER General Post Content Guidelines - "Use proper grammar and spelling"...

...Why don't you try and report one of ripmany's many posts that violates this guideline?  Let us know what they say.

GaGambler 299 reads
posted
17 / 19
and some people are simply stupid

Not to mention some people are stupid even though they write in complete sentences.

Welcome to the internet, it is what it is. Even I don't want to ban people I don't like. What fun would that be? Although I will admit, if RIP AND Fancy BOTH decided to take a few years off, I'd be ok with that, but until then I will support their right to be stupid in public.

Fancy8888 See my TER Reviews 320 reads
posted
18 / 19
Worried about poor grammar on boards..LOL

Posted By: sasha2cute
sometimes our posts get rejected Because they may be negative or to incite fights or drama.... I get it. They do however, allow posts that sometimes are very poorly written (ex: ripmany posts on general board). Should Ter also tackle people who willingly make posts that are written with excessive poor grammar?  
   
 This site has certain standard but they don't seem to care much about how well people express themselves. Now please don't misinterpret my suggestion. I'm talking specifically about people who willingly write posts that are very hard to understand and have poor grammar. I'm not talking about the poster who makes the usual mistakes due to spellcheck correctors.  
   
 
I know who your talking about chic.LMAO>LMAO

Fancy8888 See my TER Reviews 197 reads
posted
19 / 19
Re: Fancy rules, ripmany drools.....

Posted By: mrfisher
Fancy is elegant and precise; ripmany just goes on and on like the proverbial tale told by an idiot.  
   
 I know that they are different kinds of writers, but that does not mean that they should be conflated.  Fancy's posts are a pure cool breeze while ripmany's are a miasma.  
   
 
Thanks taking time talk shit about me &spelling.People crying over boards and opinions and typos.LMAO .Thank you for taking time out of your day to shit talk me.LMAO

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