Quality of posts is declining!

[fahim239]

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I've been noticing a steady decline in the quality of messages posted on this website. Members are using slang, non-standard abbreviations, and avoiding simple things like capitalization and even punctuation.

I'm guessing the problem will clear up quickly.



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I think more emphasis should be given to the content of the subject matter rather than to the complications of the language. Being slang is one thing, while being offensive is another. It doesn’t necessarily entail that a student who is using a slang language means something really offensive.

Then there is the problem of the subject matter itself. Certain subjects require certain approaches. If it’s a subject of an academic nature, it would require the scribe to approach it in the academic language. Likewise, if it’s a subject of non-academic nature and more of fun-making, then it would certainly require quite an opposite approach.

The use of the internet and computers for the educational purposes has this quintessential feature of molding one’s language style, like short-spelling, slang words and everyday expressions. In the past, though, people of the academic circles were very formal about such a thing. They wouldn’t tolerate even a single mistake of a comma, semi-comma or even a hyphen, let alone the spelling. Using only the more conservative British vocabulary, they deemed American English as highly formal and slang. But look around and see how many people nowadays give a thought to such subtleties. In fact, one finds the very dictionary of the Microsoft’s Word application as American one.

So in my view, when it comes to a healthy and constructive discussion it’s the quality of the content which matters, rather than the punctuations, abbreviations and slang words. After all, English is neither our national language nor our mother language. Lolsss…


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