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I think this is a low-quality article. At the same time, different styles of writing, including those that some may see as "unprofessional" because it mimics ho
by elicash 5y ago
I think this is a low-quality article. At the same time, different styles of writing, including those that some may see as "unprofessional" because it mimics how people actually write to one another, can actually at times be MORE interesting to me personally.
My issue is with the substance, not the style. On substance, the entire argument here is "well they're probably lying because SOMETHING has to explain it."
I get if you want to stick to traditional news articles. For me, I like seeing writers express themselves. I just prefer they bring more reporting to the process than this writer did.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoI'm perfectly fine with a more casual tone but I think plenty of authors are conflating conversational writing with being "hip" by peppering the text with internet lingo. There are also bloggers and substackers who utilize one-line asides to great effect. But maybe I'm just a cranky old man and this is what the audience likes nowadays.
- elicash 5y ago"LOL" goes back to the 80s. I'm not sure you can call it somebody trying to be hip. Almost certainly it's just a term they use like millions of others.