Yes I really did have a visit from the Grammar Nazi! Don't worry, I'm OK and after the initial shock I do believe that I've benefited!

What is This Really All About?

The Grammar Nazi is a fairly new account here on the Steem blockchain Hive account@grammarnazi. If you check the profile it explains its purpose in these words:

"I am a bot destined to educate the masses and fight illiteracy!"

While I don't consider myself illiterate we can all use a little help at times. I have to admit that at first I was a little bit put off when the comment below showed up on my page. After all, I had spent a lot of time preparing the article and there was no hint of appreciation. The comment got straight to the point!

The general rule is i before e except after c! Hive account@grammarnazi was right! I should have remembered that from grammar school. Once I went to Hive account@grammarnazi's page and realized that it was a bot I decided to give the bot a little upvote for its service! I mean, the bot was only trying to help right?

How Are Steemers Reacting to The Grammar Nazi?

 

Perhaps it's too early to tell but in the past 24 hours it has commented well over 60 times pointing out errors on many Steemers pages. With all of those comments just a few have been given an upvote as a sign of appreciation. There was also a flag, some downvotes and a few hurt feelings!

These humble Steemers showed humility and appreciation:

Way to go Hive account@carface  and Hive account@cryptocoinews you know how to take constructive criticism and that's a skill! You're better people for it!

A Study in Psychology!

Check out what happened here. The person receiving the correction (Hive account@rinkuzblog) advice expressed appreciation and corrected the point but his expression of thanks was downvoted by Hive account@mack-bot. 

One user  has really been put off by the corrections and has gone on to leave messages of disdain for Hive account@grammarnazi on other Steemers blogs!

As I wrote above that was my first reaction as well but our first reaction is often not the best one!

How Will You Feel if You're Visited by Hive account@grammarnazi?

• Will the bot hurt your feelings?
• Will it annoy you?
• Will you resent or appreciate the correction?
• Will you upvote the bot's comment?
• Will you flag the bot?

I'd really like to hear your opinion on this new bot and I hope that I've not written anything in this article to trigger it again! On second thought before leaving let's have some fun. I want to see if Hive account@grammernazi will recieve this message! Ya I know I spelled receive wrong but if it shows up to correct me I'll upvote it!

I hope that you enjoyed this article about my visit from the Grammar Nazi!

Until next time,  

 
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)