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Spelling and Grammar Online

When I was in middle school, i wuld talk lyk dis on AIM. As a I grew older, I started having more serious discussions with strangers online. As I did this, I gradually adapted to a higher standard of spelling and grammar, mainly because that's how everyone else was writing.
What's your gender?
Male
Female
You are years old.
Please select all the online services you use on a regular basis.
Facebook, Myspace, or other social networking site
Digg, reddit, or other social news website
Instant messaging
IRC or other online chat room
MisterPoll
Youtube comments
Online forum
Emailed conversations with friends
Please check all that apply.
You have different grammatical standards for different online environments. (e.g. you use punctuation in email but not in I.M.)
You regularly capitalize acronyms like LOL and BRB.
You regularly use emoticons.
You regularly leave your sentences uncapitalized.
You regularly leave periods off the ends of your sentences.
You regularly use chatspeak terms like "ur" for "your" and "gr8" for "great".
You regularly distort your words just for fun. ("kewl")
What do you think of people whose online communication is sloppier than yours?
I respect them for it.
They're inferior.
Undecided.
I don't care.
What do you think of people whose online communication follows spelling and grammar better than yours?
I respect them for it.
They're inferior.
Undecided.
I don't care.
Is it true that Youtube has the worst comments on the Internet?
Yes
No, I've seen worse
huh?
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This poll was created on 2008-03-04 01:46:04 by Remarkably Dark