Giddens notes that in his role as a literary prize judge in recent years, he has come across works using huge amounts of online slang, intentionally trying to look "odd," but ultimately rendering the books difficult to read and putting off readers.
九把刀指出，近年在擔任文學獎評審時，常會看到大量使用網路語言、刻意「搞怪」的作品，但因為讀起來不順暢，會讓人失去興趣。