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[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 82 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago
[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pronounced “Guuuur-RON-tee” like a Cajun car salesman.

[–] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Spelling mistakes getting called out increases engagement. I'm not saying it was done on purpose in this instance, but in general it does make sense that you'll see more posts with spelling mistakes because they'll rise to the top. The only winning move is not to play.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What will they do with all this engagement on Lemmy?

[–] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 10 points 3 weeks ago

Oh definitely, it's not like Lemmy is overflowing with it and I can't imagine the author is the one posting here. I'm just saying that if you're sorting by hot or active you increase the odds of seeing content with these spelling mistakes or silly errors by calling it out, so instead of the presumed effect the corrector wanted, i.e. either getting the author to change it, the poster not bother, or having it seen fewer people, it generally has the opposite effect.