[js1138]

I can't think of many FReepers who've been subjected to ridicule for a simple mistake. Certainly there are instances where someone jumps on a typo, but that kind of error doesn't lead to extensive discussion.

Where ridicule is needed is cases where someone defends the indefensible, or continues asserting things that are beyond mere ignorance.

[Ichneumon]

I can't think of many FReepers who've been subjected to ridicule for a simple mistake. Certainly there are instances where someone jumps on a typo, but that kind of error doesn't lead to extensive discussion.

The only time I've seen folks go after a typo is when the typo itself happened to be *funny*, or triggered a bunch of puns. Like earlier in this thread when someone typed "viscous" (a word meaning "thick and sticky") when they actually meant "vicious" (cruel). The mental image of a Freeper being called "thick and sticky" was too funny to let pass without some jokes.

Where ridicule is needed is cases where someone defends the indefensible, or continues asserting things that are beyond mere ignorance.

Right -- when someone actually *was* behaving in a ridiculous manner, and we were pointing it out.

[longshadow]

Where ridicule is needed is cases where someone defends the indefensible, .....

..... such as claiming that 1⁷²⁰ is a really big number for three days while everybody on the thread keeps pointing to it, and the person who posted it doesn't realize the OBVIOUS typographical error.