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  1. Jan 2022
    1. “all our texting and tweeting is making us better at expressing ourselves in writing.”

      I really agree with this specifically. I feel like with how easy it is to send a meaningful text and tweet, that it has expressed not only myself but many other writers with the ability to be able to make better connections with one's expressions. Being able to constantly write things out via texting or tweeting instead of talking aloud creates a new platform where one can pull how they expressed themselves via text and use it within their own writing.

    2. It’s only with the rise of the Internet that a truly casual, willfully ephemeral prose has ascended—and become central to daily life.

      I also find this very interesting. I feel like whenever we read back on older writings, postcards, journals, etc., we are able to tell the differences. Casual writing seemed to almost not exist, and even if it did it still had standards that would not apply on the internet today.

    3. She brandishes research that shows that we become more polite as we get better at typing.

      I feel like this is very true, and it does stem from how we read text cues. I feel as though if someone other than me read texts that my Dad's sends that would find his tone rude and resentful. Yet, this is just how he types as he grew up differently where texting was not the norm! It's a really interesting idea.

    4. We’ve used technology to “restore our bodies to writing”: to infuse language with extra-textual meaning, in the same way that we might wave our hands during a conversation.

      This is a really interesting concept many don't realize. I feel like our generation texts so often and uses technology for almost every assignment / type of writing assignment we have. While we may be consumed by technology, we spend so much time typing and using it to convey these thoughts that it becomes so similar to everyday conversations.