Ask HN: Is it immoral not to correct someone else's grammar on social media?
2 amichail 7 9/17/2025, 6:19:32 PM
People use grammar to judge your education and intelligence all the time.
That's why they don't want you correcting other people's grammar online — it threatens a signal they rely on.
But online writing should be judged by content, not grammar.
And so it would seem that failing to correct someone else's grammar online is not just unhelpful — it is immoral.
For what it is worth, I used to feel the urge to correct but as I have grown wiser in my years I now see many people smarter than me use grammar in ways i do not. Now i see people who correct others grammar and spelling as pedantic jerks.
Almost every social media system has some way to contact someone without shaming them in the public thread.
Who is “they”?
>People use grammar to judge your education and intelligence all the time.
You really shouldnt judge others; like ever.
>And so it would seem that failing to correct someone else's grammar online is not just unhelpful — it is immoral.
So you're saying correcting someone's grammar is helpful and moral?
Nobody is stopping you from doing this of course. If you believe it is moral to do, then do it.