Pink Lexical Slime: The Dark Side of Autocorrect (2017) (opens in new tab)

> If you actually prefer the spelling “miniscule,” you must wrestle with autocorrect.

I was not previously aware of any alternative spelling! Apparently "minuscule" is not considered an error.

I regularly need to write messages in both english and my native maltese. Sometimes in the same message. Autocorrect is more of a hindrance than a help to me there. If the problem was that I make too many errors, then figuring out a way to reduce errors was more useful to me. To that end, I ended up using a chorded keyboard with only 6 buttons (PentiKeyboard) that overlays on the whole screen. Now each button is bigger than my thumb and (after working through the pain of learning it fluently) while my speed is slightly slower, my error rate is way down.

> Without it, typing on a smartphone would be exceedingly difficult.

I've never understood this argument, and never use autocorrect. The phone has a screen and a delete key, fukkin' use them!

Anyone blaming autocorrect for their errors is just lying to themselves about simply being uninterested in reading what they write. Everyone makes typos, there's no need to be a victim and blame autocorrect for human error, pretending as if they actually do know the difference between there and they're and their when they obviously don't.

The worst part is how everyone gets so insulted when people don't buy their obvious lie. Come on dude, it's all over "you're" writing and it's insulting to me that you think I can't tell the difference between a simple mistake and your not knowing better.

/rant, at no one in particular, but also pretty much 9/10ths of native English speakers on the internet.

I've never used auto correct, and likely never will; it's the first thing I turn off on a new phone.

Part of the problem for me is communicating in multiple languages, switching back and forth. It just ends up causing more frustration and mistakes.

I... just... https://www.reddit.com/r/PetsWithButtons/ (/r/PetsWithButtons)

(2017)