The Typo Generation Is Damaging Literature

Re:The Typo Generation Is Damaging Literature by swed420 on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:23PM (#50407710)

> I've given up correcting people.

I have a working theory that the prevalence of typos has been increasing in recent years, and it's on purpose:

* Humans trying to distinguish themselves from bots might add intentional typos to convey this

* AI bots, armed with the above knowledge, will also use this trick to seem more human

Of course, many typos are genuine, but this is increasingly not the case imo.

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Re:The Typo Generation Is Damaging Literature by edoceo on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:49PM (#50407912)

My phone frequently changes if to of, and "fixes" a bunch of things to be incorrect grammatically.

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Re:The Typo Generation Is Damaging Literature by nsagent on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:55PM (#50407968)

I blame my iPhone for a lot of it. In fact I purchased the Duo because I thought the bigger keyboard would reduce the prevalence of typos. It has, but still not quite enough. Apple really has screwed up the keyboard mightily in the past decade.

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Re:The Typo Generation Is Damaging Literature by sanex on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:58PM (#50407988)

I've definitely tried to sound less robotic and will leave a minor typo so it's more obvious I'm human. We'll see when the bots or their controllers get wise.

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Re:The Typo Generation Is Damaging Literature by zahlman on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:29PM (#50419823)

I can imagine typos becoming like belly stars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Storie...).

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