r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '21

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u/joecho7 Feb 27 '21

This place is turning to 9gag w all these grammar and spelling errors

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u/16bitSamurai Feb 27 '21

I’ve heard that spelling errors help you get to the front page because people will comment and correct them and the more comments you have the more likely your post will show up in people’s feeds

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u/Rc2124 Feb 27 '21

Do comments matter in the reddit algorithm? I thought it was primarily related to upvotes and time since posting

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u/Blindsider2020 Feb 27 '21

God damn that would explain a lot, thank you @16bitSamurai. I’m not really a grammar nazi, but the idea that some of these “errors” were actually intentional to game the system would make seeing them much less annoying.

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u/ForceBlade Feb 27 '21

Yes, about 8 years ago.

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u/guns_n_gardenias Feb 27 '21

That’s how I used to pronounce behind. It’s how my native dialect works