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Bennett Lin's avatar

"Because the only thing worse *than* being corrected by a stranger on the internet…"

Did I win? 🙂

Bobby Powers's avatar

Haha, yes I love the irony of this article now ending with the note "The original version of this post included a typo in the pay-off. I’m much obliged to Bennett Lin for the correction."

Bobby Powers's avatar

Fantastic post, Nick. It's insane (and frustrating) that mistakes are often beneficial online, but you're 100% right. Thanks for this thought-provoking article.

🌱🌸Katherine🌸🌱's avatar

The whole thing is a bit of a nonsense, I never understand why a thousand of strangers feel like they need to point out the mistake in the comments section saying exactly the same thing. I can only guess that they don't read hundreds of comments made earlier before writing in exactly the same thing. Either that or a sense of commradiership kicks in where they feel compelled to join in with the accusations. Stoning of the wrong doer by mass commenting.