Oh Noes! Our Editors Got Kidnapped By LOLcats!

I do not know where the joker is, but the client said the article was the best he ever has gotten, he rated it excellent and you pulled me down from a 4 to a 3.

Not funny and I am not laughing.

added by: author SondraC on 04/01/2010 - 04.59

Although a bit catty,,,, ur comments were right on :) Thanks for the LOL of the day!

added by: author KARENNN on 04/01/2010 - 07.46

Same to all of you! :0)

added by: author meaghan on 04/01/2010 - 08.00

Cats need to rate more articles as 4 :PP

added by: author A-019794 on 04/01/2010 - 08.25

AHAHAHAHA: I love y'all!

added by: author A-002138 on 04/01/2010 - 10.02

Your comments are very helpful. Have a good weekend.

added by: author A-034727 on 04/01/2010 - 10.38

Is it also an April Fools Joke that level 1 articles pay the same amount as level 4? What's happening with this?

added by: author p_grace on 04/02/2010 - 02.43

Meowwww....y'all get 5 cat scratches for this one!

added by: author A-002484 on 04/02/2010 - 10.10

I agree with Saundra C. I really do not think it is funny. LOL Cats are funny, but saying things like "zomg commas" are not funny when I really want to know what is wrong with my article.

added by: author A-026763 on 04/02/2010 - 01.50

@SondraC,
Sondra, we discussed your articles with you at length by e-mail. I think your progress has been amazing and applaud you for the hard work that you've done to improve your writing since you've started with us.

@p_grace
As discussed in e-mail, we don't have a level 1.

@A-026763
We give detailed comments on your articles 360 days out of the year. It's very disappointing for us to see our detailed comments ignored. We expect that you read our comments and learn on your own where commas properly belong. That doesn't always work, so we thought that a different style of comment would shock you into re-considering, re-evaluating and proofreading your work in the future. Please see our posts on the Editor's Toolbox for some excellent resources to help you learn.

added by:  Textbroker  on 04/02/2010 - 02.14

Oh gosh, lighten up people...we can haz April Fool's Day joke!

I love the LOLcats! :)

added by: author A-005762 on 04/02/2010 - 02.35

I'm not sure what is more disturbing: your cat heads or your pasty white skin.

I can haz light of day?

added by: author claritynow on 04/02/2010 - 03.25

I'm almost disappointed that I didn't get any evals in on April 1st. Sounds like it was...different.

added by: author MattG on 04/02/2010 - 03.40

Ha ha That is funny! Thanks for the chuckle.

Happy Easter and Passover to you, too! :-)

added by: author Maryanne on 04/02/2010 - 03.53

Are the LOLcats closet goths or is all the black a coincidence?

One question in my mind has been resolved -- at long last! You all don't work in a prairie dog farm; you work in a cathouse!

Have a great Spring!

added by: author Psiberware on 04/02/2010 - 04.46

My Manx, T'Siri (my manager) has something to say about yesterday's evals and the comment "needz moar comas" :

Aye am hear wif mai hoomn. I haf no tums to tipe wif an hoomns spel funie. Anyway, she was confoosed bout dis. I tol her rite beter. She nos how. I put mai paw on her sholder an shes beter. Tanks.

An aye see the persion in de offiz! Now aye now woo did dis! Aye see yu! Bak to mai hoomn.

My turn now. Thank you, T'Siri.

I was a little confused about the comments, and the low scores. But I love the picture and yeah, it was April Fools day.

You got me. Next year, my turn! (hee hee).

I like writing for Textbroker. I'm hoping in the future that direct deposit could be an option for our pay. In Feb this year, my Paypal account was broken into and I lost nearly $3k. Direct deposit wouldn't take 3-4 days to get to Paypal, then another 3-4 days to get to our accounts.

Thanks for having more articles this year; I'll keep writing.

added by: author TGallagher on 04/02/2010 - 04.59

Looks just like my office. My cats actually do all the writing. I just proofread for them.

added by: author MelissaKE on 04/02/2010 - 05.14

Very funny! Wonderful idea for an April Fool's joke.

added by: author Anna T. on 04/02/2010 - 05.38

Whatz up pussycats?

I can, has, big laff!

Lighten up gloomy guses!!!

Woo hoo, looky all this bad writing...commas here, there, anywhere,,,while the cats are away, teh mice will play!

"Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now, right now, RIGHT NOW!!!"

added by: author Skywriter on 04/02/2010 - 06.04

I like you cool cats...esp. like the comma aspect of writing.... LOL I've learned to hold back on the commas! And ... Happy Spring! :>)

added by: author KathyR on 04/02/2010 - 07.20

Bahahaha!! Ditto Skywriter. Some of these authors really need to lighten up. Come on y'all. It was all in fun. :D

added by: author A-037194 on 04/02/2010 - 07.22

I have a question: If a mouse runs across one of the editors desks, who gets to jump on it first? What if it tap dances on the comma button?

HA! Have fun! Life's too short not to!

added by: author TGallagher on 04/02/2010 - 09.30

Ahh, silly Textbroker.

Maybe someday there will be an "animals" story about cats, instead of just "how to kill spiders".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFPkJ1lMXNo
The psych band Scrugg, singing "Wish I was a five" ... err, I mean "Wish I was Five"

added by: author KCarhart on 04/02/2010 - 10.12

More poetry comparing the comma to a body part, please!

added by: author KCarhart on 04/02/2010 - 10.13

Wishing all you happy easter cats a gourmet tuna banquet.

added by: author Florida on 04/02/2010 - 10.16

I appreciate all the comments you all give to me, but I don't think I will ever use commas 100% correctly. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Again
Chris D.

added by: author Chris D on 04/02/2010 - 10.50

Ok, now that is funny. Good one TB editors! Yuck, though. Imagine that litter box. Well I'm not changin' it. Rrrreeeeooowww!

added by: author Maggie on 04/02/2010 - 11.07

Thanks for a great sense of humor. My cat only lets me work because it keeps him in treats.

added by: author Gabriella on 04/03/2010 - 01.51

I'll be honest, I had decided to not write here because I was afraid there was no life (I don't like working for companies that I can't believe in). But this made me change my mind. Good job. ;)

added by: author A-037008 on 04/03/2010 - 04.20

I know an editor from Texas who has a picture of a cat at a keyboard with the caption, "If you don't like my changes, I can always edit your face."

I have decided to be thankful that here at TB, you are all a little less violent!

added by: author EmilyQ on 04/03/2010 - 10.58

There is a funny story about the psychedlic Friskies cat food commercial here:
http://www.slate.com/id/2249121/?GT1=38001

added by: author A-002484 on 04/03/2010 - 02.04

i LOVED the LOLcats comments - can we please have them all the time? Ceiling Cat needs to make a comeback =)

added by: author Cat Lady on 04/03/2010 - 03.17

I can't believe they read everything we write and still have time left over to lead double lives as giant cats. It makes me want to work even harder for them.

added by: author C. Price on 04/07/2010 - 10.24

I didn't really think I'd have anything to add to this and since it's so far gone, no one will probably see this. However, that's never stopped me before.

@A-026763 - Sheesh. Take the "Type-A" juice back to GNC and lighten up a bit. Besides, EVERYONE knows that ZOMG commas means use more or use less. 90% of the time it means use less.

@everyone - I met Ben Huh when I was in San Francisco. He's the LOLCatz dude... I can haz cheezburger? That was fun. He's an interesting guy and has lots to say about social media.

Now, for a bit of ROFL Haiku.

AFAIK
Sentence, FUBAR
SRSLY.

Commas make us drink,
BTAICBW
Please, BYOB.


Neal

added by: author Neal on 05/18/2010 - 05.11