People who make minor errors because they don’t speak English as a first language or otherwise find it difficult to avoid minor errors; from
People who make minor errors because they write things quickly and off the cuff and can’t be bothered to put the effort into making the work tighter.
Whether or not 2 is a problem, I at least don’t want to blur these two things together and don’t think a greater sympathy for 1 should necessarily imply a greater tolerance of 2.
(“Off the cuff” can often mean low quality posts that are harder to engage with because not clearly written. These posts can decrease the time cost to the writer but increase it for the reader, especially if we focus on time cost per unit of value received. I don’t think it’s crazy to think there’s something in this that is disrespectful to the reader.)
posting off the cuff posts is disrespectful of peoples time?
I at least think it’s important to distinguish:
People who make minor errors because they don’t speak English as a first language or otherwise find it difficult to avoid minor errors; from
People who make minor errors because they write things quickly and off the cuff and can’t be bothered to put the effort into making the work tighter.
Whether or not 2 is a problem, I at least don’t want to blur these two things together and don’t think a greater sympathy for 1 should necessarily imply a greater tolerance of 2.
(“Off the cuff” can often mean low quality posts that are harder to engage with because not clearly written. These posts can decrease the time cost to the writer but increase it for the reader, especially if we focus on time cost per unit of value received. I don’t think it’s crazy to think there’s something in this that is disrespectful to the reader.)