I was hoping for a more dramatic and artistic interpretation of this thread, but I’ll accept what’s been given. In the end, I think there are three main audiences to this short form:
People like me who read the first sentence, think “I agree,” and then are baffled by the rest of the post.
People who read the first sentence, are confused (or think they disagree), then are baffled by the rest of the post.
People who read the first sentence, think “I agree,” are not baffled by the rest of the post and say “Yep, that’s a valid way of framing it.”
In contrast, I don’t think there is a large group of people in category 4. Read the first sentence, think “I disagree,” then understand the rest of the post.
But do correct me if I’m wrong!
Well, I don’t agree with this perspective and its premise. I guess my view is that it doesn’t seem compatible for what I perceive as the informal, personal character of shortform (like, “live and let live”) which is specifically designed to have different norms than posts.
I won’t continue this thread because it feels like I’m supplanting or speaking for the OP.
I was hoping for a more dramatic and artistic interpretation of this thread, but I’ll accept what’s been given. In the end, I think there are three main audiences to this short form:
People like me who read the first sentence, think “I agree,” and then are baffled by the rest of the post.
People who read the first sentence, are confused (or think they disagree), then are baffled by the rest of the post.
People who read the first sentence, think “I agree,” are not baffled by the rest of the post and say “Yep, that’s a valid way of framing it.”
In contrast, I don’t think there is a large group of people in category 4. Read the first sentence, think “I disagree,” then understand the rest of the post. But do correct me if I’m wrong!
Well, I don’t agree with this perspective and its premise. I guess my view is that it doesn’t seem compatible for what I perceive as the informal, personal character of shortform (like, “live and let live”) which is specifically designed to have different norms than posts.
I won’t continue this thread because it feels like I’m supplanting or speaking for the OP.