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The Typo Test: Do Typos Ruin Online Copy? I'm Going to Find Out
- DanielStraight 17y agoOne typo I can forgive. If I see more than that, I'll typically leave the site, especially if the typo is in part of the site's static text rather than a post/article. If, for example, HN had misspelled something in the footer links and on the sign-up page, I might never have stuck around.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoThat would also be something to test for. You can always imagine a smart person missing one mistake, but once you've caught two, you start asking yourself what else they did wrong.
- Mankhool 17y agoYes, typos ruin online copy. As an analogy, consider watching a video where every so often the wrong frame is dropped into the flow. It is, I think, the thin edge of the wedge. Readers are already seeing another remarkable trend in copy - the lack of proper capitalization - or any capitalization.