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Dave Floyd is an attorney, real estate broker, and trivia host in Austin, Texas. He works with the Foskitt Law Office and is an owner of Floyd Real Estate. He was a candidate for Austin City Council in 2014 and lives in the Zilker Neighborhood.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Stealth Mountain

So, yesterday I learned that there is a "bot" on Twitter called @stealthmountain which is devoted entirely to correcting folks who tweet "sneek peak" instead of "sneek peek."  Typically, the offending reference is in relation to an early preview of a film or television program, although said offending term can be presented in a different context.  Some folks have reacted to this unsolicited correction in a negative manner.

While the Stealth Mountain concept is funny and it's drawing some (undoubted sought) attention, I would have to posit that it can be extremely annoying to have one's spelling or grammar corrected by strangers.  Stealth Mountain, however, seems to have a sense of humor about it (in addition to the name see the avatar- it's hilarious) and thus a humorous or witty response would be appropriate (as opposed to rage).  

What I'm curious about are the plans the creator of Stealth Mountain has once the Twitter feed and the linked blogspot site have attracted enough attention and enough of a following.  Right now, Stealth Mountain has over 4,000 followers on Twitter.  

Note: I was once given some unsolicited advice from the purveyors of mechanical bulls to not tweet about a rival's brand.  I was tempted to write back "grow a sense of humor, assholes" or something like that, but in the end decided it was wise not to get into an argument with people who sell mechanical bulls for a living.