miss_s_b: (Mood: Drama queen)miss_s_b ([personal profile] miss_s_b) wrote,
@ 2009-10-28 01:47 am UTC
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Current mood: depressed
Entry tags:wangst
I'm not generally a fan of podcasts, I'll say this right up front. They interrupt my mainlining of radio 4 and make me cranky. That said, I listened to the second edition of House of Comments tonight because my beloved [personal profile] matgb told me I got a mention.

Am now thoroughly depressed and considering giving up blogging completely. Way to waste the wonderful feeling of relaxation I gained from three days away from the computer. I mean, if even people who are broadly sympathetic and who have actually met me can fail to understand what I am trying to say so utterly, then what's the point in me even trying to continue?

The only one of the four who seemed to have even the slightest grasp of my point was Mortimer. Which, you know, is gratifying, except that I think she kind of got it before I posted anyway.

What's the bloody point?


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[personal profile] telegramsam
2009-10-28 12:41 pm UTC (link)
I don't think it's so much that they don't read as they are incapable of comprehending what they are reading. I read somewhere that most people read on about a 5th to 8th grade level. To be considered fully "literate" you're supposed to be able to read on a 10th grade level, I believe. Most newspapers are written at about a 4th to 5th grade level.

Or at least I read that somewhere at some point and remembered. I kinda believe it though, most people just don't read very well and I've seen examples of people completely missing the point of what looks to be plain written English. I blame the public schools, at least here in the USA, they're pretty dismal.

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[personal profile] matgb
2009-10-28 03:58 pm UTC (link)
Problem being that while that's definitely true of average people, the three people in the podcast that didn't get it were definitely not average; that's sorta why they're on the podcast.

OTOH, I do need to finally get around to writing my "how to write for the web" guide, rereading SB's post, the key points were at the ends of sections, which are on paper the most read areas, but on screen amongst the least read, apparently.

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