In my other life as TV critic, I have become something of an unexpected influencer on the subject of Married at First Sight Australia. The show is a fixation for me – its raw nastiness is unmatched in global broadcasting, as far as I can see – and I
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."
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.
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.
"Because the only thing worse *than* being corrected by a stranger on the internet…"
Did I win? 🙂
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."
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.
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.