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> but in practice the audience understanding is important Where audience understanding is important than you will definitely go out of your way to ensure that
by 9rx 2y ago
> but in practice the audience understanding is important
Where audience understanding is important than you will definitely go out of your way to ensure that definitions are made abundantly clear and that the audience agrees that they understand.
But, in actual practice, most of the time the audience understanding really doesn't matter. Most people speak for the sake of themselves and themselves alone. If the audience doesn't get it, that's their problem. Like here, it means nothing to me if you can't understand what I'm writing.
- afiori 2y agoIn that case the author is their own audience
- 9rx 2y agoThat is always the case. It may turn out that others opt to also become the audience after something is written, but that can only be determined in hindsight. Even when someone says "Oh yeah, I'll totally read what you have to write if you write it for me. Promise!", there is no guarantee they will actually follow through. More often than not they don't. While the work is being written, the author is the only known audience. In practice, if an author cannot find enough motivation to write something for himself, it simply won't get written. Anyone else who happens to become the audience is gravy, but the work cannot be written for them as they only become known as an audience later.
- sampullman 2y ago> But, in actual practice, most of the time the audience understanding really doesn't matter. I think we're quibbling over what "matter" means. If you look at it from this perspective, I understand where you're coming from. In my opinion it's almost exactly the opposite - once something is written the only thing that matters is the audience.
- 9rx 2y agoMatters to what?