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Damn You Auto Correct Reveals 9 Funniest Texts of the Year
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Damn You Auto Correct Reveals 9 Funniest Texts of the Year
The popular blog Damn You Auto Correct went viral on the Internet again this week, after the site unveiled its funniest auto-corrected text messages of the year.
As amusing as they are, some readers question whether or not the texts submitted were actual autocorrect failures. But the site’s founder Jillian Madison insists the texts published on the blog are not fabricated. Damn You Auto Correct features a collection of outrageous auto-corrected text messages submitted by readers.
“It’s the Internet – everyone thinks everything is fake,” Madison told Mashable. “If Michelangelo was painting today and had a website, there would be some guy in the comments section screaming, ‘That’s fake!’”
Some of the confusion comes from the fact that auto correct is inherently inconsistent – what auto corrects for one user differs from another, depending on the words they’ve typed already.
“The bottom line is that auto correct is a mysterious beast,” Madison said. “No one knows exactly how it works. What we do know is that it behaves differently on everyone’s phone and it ‘learns’ words based on things you have typed in the past. You may not be able to recreate something on your phone, but it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen to someone.”
Still, Madison noted there is no way to prove that all Damn You Auto Correct submissions are real.
“Have I seen my iPhone do some absolutely ridiculous things that make no sense? Yes. There are billions of texts sent every week, so we know there are funny things happening everywhere with auto correct,” Madison said. “In this case, I think less skepticism and more laughing is a good thing.”
Damn You Auto Correct Reveals 9 Funniest Texts of the Year
The popular blog Damn You Auto Correct went viral on the Internet again this week, after the site unveiled its funniest auto-corrected text messages of the year.
As amusing as they are, some readers question whether or not the texts submitted were actual autocorrect failures. But the site’s founder Jillian Madison insists the texts published on the blog are not fabricated. Damn You Auto Correct features a collection of outrageous auto-corrected text messages submitted by readers.
“It’s the Internet – everyone thinks everything is fake,” Madison told Mashable. “If Michelangelo was painting today and had a website, there would be some guy in the comments section screaming, ‘That’s fake!’”
Some of the confusion comes from the fact that auto correct is inherently inconsistent – what auto corrects for one user differs from another, depending on the words they’ve typed already.
“The bottom line is that auto correct is a mysterious beast,” Madison said. “No one knows exactly how it works. What we do know is that it behaves differently on everyone’s phone and it ‘learns’ words based on things you have typed in the past. You may not be able to recreate something on your phone, but it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen to someone.”
Still, Madison noted there is no way to prove that all Damn You Auto Correct submissions are real.
“Have I seen my iPhone do some absolutely ridiculous things that make no sense? Yes. There are billions of texts sent every week, so we know there are funny things happening everywhere with auto correct,” Madison said. “In this case, I think less skepticism and more laughing is a good thing.”
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