Re:Remembering Steve Jobs: A Million Tributes From Around Th...
by aboodman on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @02:12PM
(#3131322)
Hm, I would have expected them to be minimally edited. Lots of misspellings, typos, and weird grammar. I know you want it to be authentic, but that doesn't preclude basic editing.
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Re:Remembering Steve Jobs: A Million Tributes From Around Th...
by 0x12 on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @03:13PM
(#3131600)
Editing a farewell message would be the most un-classy thing one could do. Authenticity is worth far more than any spell checked version in a case like this and I'm really happy that they didn't fall for that trap.
Think about it, if there had been no spelling errors or typos or grammar errors, the whole thing would not only have looked perfect, it would have looked perfectly faked. Real life isn't perfect.
Re:Remembering Steve Jobs: A Million Tributes From Around Th...
by mcknz on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @02:42PM
(#3131466)
Presumably, not all of the writers have English as their primary language. And that is part of the beauty.
Re:Remembering Steve Jobs: A Million Tributes From Around Th...
by fletchowns on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @03:43PM
(#3131721)
Why is he getting downvoted? Are you supposed to downvote whenever you disagree with what somebody says?
Re:Remembering Steve Jobs: A Million Tributes From Around Th...
by kenver on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @05:41PM
(#3132243)
I didn't down vote, but it's probably because commenting on peoples spelling/grammar adds nothing to the discussion of a memorial page.
Re:Remembering Steve Jobs: A Million Tributes From Around Th...
by aboodman on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @06:31PM
(#3132430)
I thought it was interesting that Apple, who is usually so finicky about things being just so, apparently didn't filter or edit this data set.
To me, it took away from the experience, and kind of muddled the emotion I expect Apple - and the original authors - were trying to convey. I think it would have resonated more with me if it was a little cleaned up.
But whatever.
Re:Remembering Steve Jobs: A Million Tributes From Around Th...
by elithrar on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @11:21PM
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> I thought it was interesting that Apple, who is usually so finicky about things being just so, apparently didn't filter or edit this data set.
I think it would be more accurate to say that Apple know when to be finicky. This, it seems, is a case of when not.