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winnoch2 - Impostair Syndromair Extraordinaire Started conversation Oct 15, 2011
Can't see them ever dying out entirely; not unless we enter a situation where our media is controlled to the extent of China or North Korea for example 
. Even if the commercial ones become more popular, there will always be a nich and oasis for user generated stuff
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winnoch2 - Impostair Syndromair Extraordinaire Posted Oct 15, 2011
Wonderful 
First post and it's full of speeling erors and typos 
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Oct 16, 2011
Maybe user-generated sites should include free spellcheckers...with a button for textspeak...
But that's a good point. 'Authoritarian' regimes probably hate ugc. After all, it's not called the 'democratisation of information' for nothing.
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Bagpuss Posted Oct 16, 2011
"...with a button for textspeak..."
We have one of those. It's called "Sign Out".
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