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I've had points knocked off for both. Once because I made mistakes in my APA references. One week I spent 11 hours total on discussion, including three substantive responses (original, researched, referenced, carefully written), all submitted on time, and I got a 75. That's a whole point off the final grade! Discussion posts may be the hardest part of the course for me. I really wish I could figure out how it's so easy for others.

My SOS110 professor was very easy going. Responsive to questions, and if you made a genuine effort, you got the points.  Students who put "I agree" or something similar for a response got dinged, but anyone who wrote meaningful posts (at least, the ones I spoke to) got 100%.

My LIB495 professor (Augustus Black) was super picky -- he made me a much better APA format writer by the end of the class -- but also very kind, and if you got a bad grade on anything, you could redo it for a better grade. I talked to a number of folks who all had similar results with him.

It sounds like you had an overly picky professor. It's one thing to encourage quality work and reward/support students, and quite another to just give shit scores because it doesn't meet some unreachable standard.

It pays to check ratemyprofessor, and to make sure to note the issues when you evaluate the class/professor.  I don't think TESU wants professors who are going to drive its students away.