Mistyping is part of the journey. I also find it funny that people are so offended when they think a 6 is mistyping, but if a 4 or 8 is mistyped at another number nobody cares?
On perC, I mistyped as 5w4, 3w4, and 8w7, lol, before I finally got to 4w3. When I was typed at 8w7, people were up my ass constantly. I couldn't write a post - about an unrelated topic, even - without being told "OMG this is SOOooOOO not 8ish!" and sometimes ripped apart on a personal level. Like "youre not strong enough / cool enough/ etc." As if 8ness was some deity club that I wasn't "enough" to be part of. The thing is I'm not taking this personally - they did the same to many people on 8 forum, especially women, and some of whom are most likely real 8s.
I have never been offended by a typing suggestion- I'm just offended by the presumption that I typed that way "to be cool" or because I think I'm super-human. I'm offended that being typed at 8 is a reason to insult someone, see if they can take it, and then no matter what they do, it isnt 8 enough. If you say nothing you're a wuss and must be a 4, if you argue back you're not cool enough and too defensive and must be a 6, if you are funny and sarcastic you must be a 7 because 8s can't think, didn't ye know?
When I mistyped at 3w4, most people disagreed with my typing, but nobody bothered me. I un-typed at 3 after a few weeks and then people told me, "I knew you weren't a 3." But nobody cared to annoy the hell out of me, rip me to shreds, insult me and tell me I wasn't good enough when I was mistyped. O'really?
How odd.
I also received a lot of 8 suggestions while I was typed at 5, but I was very new to PerC at the time and realized pretty quickly I wasn't a 5. Still - I find it funny that I received so many 8 suggestions - even from other 8s - and then the minute I typed at 8 half the forum made it their mission to cut me down and reveal my lack of 8ness. *laughs*
Anyway - people eventually left me alone because they didn't want to deal with me. I took the attention on the 8 forum as a complement and sometimes fired back with tert-Te fiest, ripping up their points on a theoretical basis (though I did not "defend" my typing, ever - I simply showed why they were off base ) - and people became so annoyed by their lack of ability to tear me down, that they left me alone. At that point I started exploring real issues and many many people started suggesting 4, until I finally saw it, and it could not be 'unseen' - and I accepted it. This is why I suggest - if you want to make suggestions it's one thing, but leave someone room to explore the type they think they are. If their journey is honest they will realize their type when they're ready.