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Only native speakers make the your you're there their they're mistakes.
What makes you think that?
I believe they were being sarcastic.
Because they're just writing as they speak, whereas someone who learned English later in life should have a greater understanding that these are different words. I believe I've read about it before.
Here's a quick and dirty link to a discussion on the same topic.
Okay, guess that's one explanatio n. It just doesn't fit with what I see (as someone whose studied English for ~6 years). People in my class still confuse "you're" and "your" quite frequently.