electronic writing

1. I don't have that much experience with writing electronically. The only time I do is while texting, on facebook, and the occasional email. I use facebook pretty regulary but for the most part it's very informal writing and it's just quick things I want to say to my friends. The only emails I send are for school related things and I try to keep it short but formal. I text my friends everyday to say random things or to keep them updated with what's going on in my life and to keep track of their life and problems. Texting makes it a lot easier now that we're all away at school because it's quick but it still shows you're thinking about them.

2. I believe that when writing electronically, people are a lot less informal when compared to writing a paper. There are a few reasons that this happens. One is that for the most part people are talking electronically to friends or family memers, there's no need to use proper grammer and formal writing to ask your friend what they did last night. Another reason is that people mainly talk electronically because they're not with the people they're talking to. No one wants to hear your whole life story through a text or a facebook comment. You usually wait to tell your friends important things when you're with them in person or maybe on the phone if you can't be with them. A third reason is that your trying to say things quickly when you're writing electronically so you might say "ur" instead of "your" or "lol" instead of telling them that whatever they said made you laugh. As sad as it is to say I do think that eventually people will get too used to "text typing" and it will start to affect the way that we write papers. With the way the world is going, it's important that we still stick to our "text talk" because technology is only advancing, but I think it's also important we don't forget how to write a real paper.