September 16, 2005, 4.46pm 3 comments » • 805 Views

Pedants rejoice - readers become subs

Here’s a novel approach to ripping apart your subs’ self-esteem. The New Haven Independent, a small “hyperlocal” news site thingamy, encourages its readers to find mistakes in its output. “Find a typo? Win a mug“, it says. “We may not have a budget for proofreaders. But we do have a line item for ‘thank you’ gifts.”

Indeed, it’s not just gifts on offer but the kudos of being the top-ranked typo catcher on an online leaderboard. So far this month, the leader has spotted 26.

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