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POST CREATED Feb 8, 2014 8:24:12 GMT -8
Post by tsundere shark on Feb 8, 2014 8:24:12 GMT -8
I know most sites have a rule about literacy. How do you enforce it? Do you straight up tell them to gtfo if they don't fix it, or do you just deal with it? Because on mine, we've had this guy for like years and his posts are still one step away from being total gibberish despite us trying to help him and push him to get better. I can tell that it's driving some people nuts. Not many people really like threading with him, and the ones that do are usually forcing themselves.
I don't really consider it a huge deal if people miss commas here and there or have typos, as long as their posts are legible. But this guy (English is his first language) just doesn't get it. Doesn't make any effort to even get better other than spell checking, which doesn't really do fuck all other than catch some typos.
I don't really want to tell him to leave after he's been a loyal member for years (since back when we had just started on forumotion and had no standards, lol), and it's possible I can't do anything about it at this point, but I'm more or less curious about how others usually deal with this sort of thing.
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POST CREATED Feb 8, 2014 8:34:24 GMT -8
Post by Egao, Egao Everywhere on Feb 8, 2014 8:34:24 GMT -8
When you get members like that (if they're new), you can just tell them gently though a PM that the site might not be for them. In your case though, it would have to be on a business term. You just have to explain his situation to him logically and give him three more chances to get it right. I can imagine the kind of guy you have even if you don't provide us a sample post. You just gotta act like the admin and straighten it out with him. Most admins end up giving their own sites a bad reputation because they don't know how to handle situations like this - situations with people. Just talk to him personally through messages.
But I think it would ultimately depend on your decision. It's tough since he came from way back before all the "changes" were made.
As for enforcing it, there's the app but to be honest, it would be more of a community thing that you have to build through example. Probably not much of enforcing it but establishing it and hoping it maintains itself all throughout the ride.
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