Moreover, polite explanations may bring enlightenment, but aggressive scoldings are almost guaranteed stop people from accepting your words, even if they're true, because in order to accept their truth, they have to accept the unpleasant implications of your words.
I think learning should generally be as pleasant as possible. Putting the work in is hard enough as it is.
If you want pleasant learning on the Internet, don't "learn by teaching" through blogs that mislead other learners, even if only in terminology use.
People will tear that apart.
Regardless, that's still one more reason not to be unpleasant to people when correcting them - you might just find yourself in the wrong.
