- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I've been to message board forums where it is strictly against the rules to post with incorrect grammar, punctuation, and spelling. As soon as you misspelled something you got a warning. If you did it a second time, you were permanently banned. I had almost no problem with those rules, but needless to say, others did. I stopped going to that forum very quickly because the rules just got in the way of the actual discussion. It was just too inconvinient to post on the forums.
I've also been to forums where people have absolutely no regard for the content of their posts. Everyone knows that all those mistakes makes it difficult to understand. I'm sure we've all been to sites like this - it doesn't make your brain feel good.
The point is that there needs to a balance. In the rules in the Underground, spelling is mentioned, and I've seen threads locked for spelling errors. (usually because it borders on spam)
I think that the system we have now is fine, but I would want a tiny bit more enforcement against bad spelling.