Should CreateDebate screen posts with spellcheck?
As this is supposed to be a logical debate, should a program screen posts and block them if there are too many mispelled words? As spellcheck runs while you type your post, there really is no excuse to read something like: "i onesly tink dat kindles r betr cuz tink bout it lik dis, u cn by ovr 3500 books dat's prty kewl n i hav a kindle, at 1st i didnt wnt it but once i got it... i luv it. i cnt stp reading now i dontb get y no won wants 1 der soOoOoOoOoO kewl, n i dnt care wut nee1 ls tnks cuz dare AWESOM." Or is there?
Yes, we should screen posts
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No, we shouldn't screen posts
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When I type "lulz" or "Bob Smythe" or "reductio ad absurdum", I don't want them automatically changed into "lullaby" or "Bob Smith" or "reduction add absurdity", nor do I want to be barred from posting because I refused to change them so. There's a spellchecker available on demand; people with spelling troubles who want to make their posts more readable can use it. If someone doesn't use it and types something unreadable, their post just won't be read, and it'll be their loss :D Side: No, we shouldn't screen posts
That is a very valid argument, and I totally forgot about Latin. However, I would like to stop this: i onesly tink dat kindles r betr cuz tink bout it lik dis, u cn by ovr 3500 books dat's prty kewl n i hav a kindle, at 1st i didnt wnt it but once i got it... i luv it. i cnt stp reading now i dontb get y no won wants 1 der soOoOoOoOoO kewl, n i dnt care wut nee1 ls tnks cuz dare AWESOM from getting two argument points. Side: Yes, we should screen posts
Yeah, posts like that are annoying. But so are a lot of other posts on CD - posts with decent grammar can still have worthless content. I think it's easier just to ignore posts that deserve to be ignored, rather than create obstacles that can also trip up people writing good posts. And if a post is so bad it's making your eyes bleed, there's always the downvote button. Side: No, we shouldn't screen posts
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