- I particularly enjoyed the article “Is the Internet Making Writing Better” because I, too, hold the same beliefs as Waldman and McCulloch. Waldman suggests that writing abilities are ultimately improving due to heavy online writing presence and the use of online writing language. If not for all the freedom and platforms that the internet provides, people would have no practice with writing. As mentioned, in the past the only practice people had with writing were if they were writing letters or working at a corporate job. Now, people have much more freedom to write endless ideas, beliefs, facts, etc. I agree that our generation is much more knowledgeable with all forms of writing and that it is making our communication efforts much easier.
- The two articles by McNamee and Tufecki were very interesting reads. Unlike Thompson, their views of the internet and social platforms is shown in a negative light. McNamee and Tufecki think of these online empires as unproductive and distracting. Both of these writers mentioned the use of advertising and money as the end goal for sites like YouTube and Facebook. Although this may be true, I also think that we as consumers are not being completely taken over by these platforms. I agree that they have access to a lot of personal information, however, they also provide entertainment and connections that we knowingly sign up for.
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Caitlyn Bettenhausen 
For your first paragraph, I agree and would also point out that there is an opposite side of things in regard to writing. There are also toxic well crafted rhetorical messages that harm communities easily due to the ease of the Internet. I wonder if those kind of messages should be censored altogether?
For your second paragraph, I agree that we should know better. What bothers me is the unknown of the technicality of information transactions. I somewhat understand algorithm and that’s how I get suggestions in YouTube, but how are these made???
Great job!
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