Interesting idea, and I can't say I've every seen it suggested before (though I think there have been similar proposals).
Problem: Theymos doesn't seem to be inclined to make any sort of changes like this. He's very much a freedom of expression type of person, and I'm assuming part of that means giving a lot of latitude when it comes to members not being great writers. Even hitting a 70% score on either grammar/spelling or both would just lead to a lot of complaints and frustration--and though it might cut down on bots and spammers, the resulting outcry of displeasure would probably outweigh the benefits.
Another problem: There are a lot of members who have a lot of trouble with English, yet they're very valuable to the community. I wouldn't want to see their contributions erased simply because of a language barrier. I don't think your proposal would help them, either, not if all they got was a message saying their post didn't hit the arbitrary threshold set by the forum.
Is Jet Cash still around? He used to be really into helping members with their English, and a couple of years ago he had a website devoted to that and invited everyone who was interested....and IIRC, he didn't get many takers.
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It is good to make proposals like this and I have made some myself but I guess we are aware that theymos is not very given to changing things on the forum.
Going to the point, I don't see many posts with poor English grammar. There are some, yes, but I don't see a big problem. I don't know if it is because we usually visit different sections of the forum because I don't see you very much.
Also, I would say that the problem is going improve naturally because nowadays online translators work quite decently and will continue to improve in the future, so I think that users who write in English and are not native speakers will use them more and more. Even professional translators use automatic translators and what they do is to revise the text afterwards, making small changes (unless they are translating poetry for example).
Going to the point, I don't see many posts with poor English grammar. There are some, yes, but I don't see a big problem. I don't know if it is because we usually visit different sections of the forum because I don't see you very much.
Also, I would say that the problem is going improve naturally because nowadays online translators work quite decently and will continue to improve in the future, so I think that users who write in English and are not native speakers will use them more and more. Even professional translators use automatic translators and what they do is to revise the text afterwards, making small changes (unless they are translating poetry for example).
Some kind of spell check like tool with a score..
If your writing doesn’t score a 70% or whatever, it won’t let you post..
Could also help users LEARN English better/faster by forcing them to put effort into correcting their writing.
Have it with the change suggestions and such so it helps them fix it..
Would put a good dent in rapid posting shitposters too.. Almost even like a bot filter..
Imagine if all the spam on this forum suddenly had to meet a grammar score standard, lmao..
It could possibly be revolutionary in posting quality improvement..
What percentage of shitposts on this forum would even come close to like a 30% grammar score?
It could wipe out so much utter trash..
Many shitposts I see, I can hardly even believe are created by humans at all..
Even low end chat bots are much better..
If your writing doesn’t score a 70% or whatever, it won’t let you post..
Could also help users LEARN English better/faster by forcing them to put effort into correcting their writing.
Have it with the change suggestions and such so it helps them fix it..
Would put a good dent in rapid posting shitposters too.. Almost even like a bot filter..
Imagine if all the spam on this forum suddenly had to meet a grammar score standard, lmao..
It could possibly be revolutionary in posting quality improvement..
What percentage of shitposts on this forum would even come close to like a 30% grammar score?
It could wipe out so much utter trash..
Many shitposts I see, I can hardly even believe are created by humans at all..
Even low end chat bots are much better..
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