Status Updates From Because Internet: Understan...

Very long chapter that was all about categorizing the different waves of internet users. Interesting to learn that age is not the only factor but otherwise I was a little bored and had trouble keeping up with the taxonomy. Still very interesting and filled with great paragraphs about how different generations use “lol” or an ellipses.

The first wave of internet users went online to “meet” or talk to strangers. The next wave(s) went online to talk to their friends.

Very good so far! One fact I’ll remember for a while: women are almost always the leaders of “linguistic change”. Meaning they pick up on, adopt, create, and spread new ways of speaking far more than men.

I was interested in the introduction but feel rather let down by the meat of the book. Maybe something about the lack of organization of her points and examples that isn’t holding my attention, despite this being a topic I’m nerdy about.