# Politely disagree with a modding...

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**Created:** [January 23, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politely-disagree-with-a-modding/648147 "2013-01-23T20:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politely-disagree-with-a-modding/648147/5 "2013-01-23T20:54:27Z")

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The actual post was more obnoxious than **Trinopus** ’s description. [Link here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15923599#post15923599)

> [@evidence for god? some one said so.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-for-god-some-one-said-so/647896/62):
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> **Critical1** has been told once before [that punctuation and formatting kinda matter.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15914590&postcount=36)
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> **Critical1** , there are posters who are less likely to take you seriously if you post like a pre-teen. Show some respect for the people you wish to interact with by posting like an adult.

Here’s why I modded the post: telling someone their spelling isn’t very good once is a legitimate criticism. Repeating yourself - with a link to your own post, no less - and saying they “post like a pre-teen” and are being disrespectful is condescending and it’s junior modding.

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