In
Jeff Atwood’s blog post, “Because Reading is Fundamental”, he
brings up the topic of how people don’t read until the end of the
article before commenting in the discussion board. He implies that
talking or commenting on online discussions a lot doesn't mean it
will lead to better conversations but listening or reading more will.
Judging by the comment section his audience could be around any age
between 18-40 years old. Their education level seems to be at least
at the high school level which means their occupation is a student.
Atwood introduces his blog post with an example of a user profile
that has a post count. In his introduction he gets right into the
topic which might draw readers in because they would want to know
more about his topic. He is trying to prove to his audience that
talking a lot doesn't mean it's a better way to communicate. There
are two examples that he uses to support his main argument: The Ars
Banana Experiment and The Slate Experiment. These examples show
accurate results, therefore, the information is convincing. Atwood's
proposed solutions are remove interruptions to reading, measure read
times, give rewards for reading, and update in real time. His last
sentence, "spend less time talking and more reading", sums
up his main argument.
URL for Jeff Atwood's post: http://blog.codinghorror.com/because-reading-is-fundamental-2/
Awesome analysis Fiona! You really paid attention to the important elements of the article and appeared to have a great understanding of what the author was trying to say. This was difficult to do since the article was quite long and hard to follow at times. I'm curious, how would you rate the article out of 10?
ReplyDeleteThanks Petra! I would write it 6/10 because the blog post was hard to follow at times but the examples Atwood provided were interesting.
DeleteI like how much information about the article you've included here. The post really sums up the whole article in a nice straightforward way. I especially like the mention of the two experiments, since I thought they were one of the best parts of the article.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thought that lots of conversation on blog posts doesn't relate to the quality of conversation. I also agree with the audiences level of education you suggested. The age range you gave is quite large, but you could argue that people of any age 18+ are reading blogs.
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