Why are people on ask.com so mean to people who can't spell very well.?

[mechanix]

Originally Posted by Singaporekid

some people can be very critical of spelling and grammatical errors because they don't actually have good answers for the questions. the whole purpose of this site is to ask and answer questions, not be spelling police. as long as the question is understandable it deserves a response that doesn't just criticize spelling.

some people spell improperly because they're lazy or trying to annoy people, but of course that's not always the case. they are usually very obvious and could be considered fair game.

spot on..some ppl r too unpractical to understand that you can simplify a word and getting to the point of the word is far more important than to how it written..

[Stroh]

I think the reason why people criticize others is because they want to feel like they have some kind of power. Its annoying when people get bombed for not spelling words correctly. Of course people who can't speak English get hit the worst.

[karl]

not everyone born excellent on writing English / grammar / spelling. And not everyone in this world born to English speaking country. you shouldn't look down on others just because they can't spell right.

[pavlovmb]

I guess because they are jobless buggers..........

[attagirl]

Because they do not understand that typing error and spelling errors occur and they cannot read between the lines so to speak.

[vtabletop]

Well, I guess some people don't appreciate the fact that English might not be the first language of people asking the questions and they get frustrated about spelling mistakes. Ignore it. As long as you have a genuine question and are sincere in your attempt to express it to the best of your ability you shouldn't care what a handful have to say.