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Comment by chriswarbo | Hacker News Reader

If you're going to complain about the meaning of words, you should at least try to use them properly yourself.

Lowercase "internet" refers to any network of networks, for example a router which lets machines connected via Ethernet talk to machines connected via WiFi.

Capitalised "Internet" is a proper noun referring to a particular network of networks which began life as the ARPANET.

"Wiki" refers to user-generated Web sites in the style of WikiWikiWeb; since you put it in a list of Web sites/companies, I'll presume you meant "Wikipedia", which is a particular Wiki.

So whilst AOL, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Wikipedia aren't "The Internet", at least your hypothetical "Majority" have enough respect for the Internet to refer to it by name.

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That is a really pedantic response that completely misses the point.

You can't deny that there wasn't any real, marketed involvement used by the top Internet companies to promote the cause.

Yes, the execution of this topic's awareness was very lackluster, so what exactly is your point?

Apologies for using a shorthand (Wiki) for something that was clearly referencing the parent post (Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, etc.)... Sorry to ruffle your e-feathers over such a minor thing.

For the record I wasn't 'complaining about words' I was pointing out that the lack of involvement by major players on the internet was a huge detriment to this cause because it failed to reach the 'less advanced' (and arguable majority of) users of the internet.

Classic HN answer

I have to disagree. One of the things I like about HN is that grammar/usage nazi responses seeem to occur at a lower rate than just about anywhere else. Even better - the speed of downmodding is directly proportionate to the quantity of pedanticism present.

+1 I know it because my English are poor.

I don't know, you used "poor" instead of "bad" so you've already got a leg-up on a lot of native speakers.

Oh that's a good thing[1], I guess :-).

[1] http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+a+leg+up+on

Why is this comment blacked out? I don't know who it is but, i don't like censorship. Maybe--it something with my browser? I'm kinda a new user. I knew nothing about hell banning until I spent some time here.

Because it has been downvoted to oblivion. HN is a "community" and there are unwritten rules that apply. Being deliberately impolite, attacking another users grammar and not views (especially when the topic is not related to the English language) can have that effect.

Generally speaking, HN promotes constructive criticism and bashes trolling in direct or indirect ways.

The comment was down voted to the point that it is not 'visible' (you can highlight the text to read it). For more info check out:

http://jacquesmattheij.com/The+Unofficial+HN+FAQ#downvoted

The FAQ there may be useful for you as a new user in general. :) Enjoy HN

Grammar Nazis are not really that interesting.

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