Blog #10

I think this is a good time to write a blog. I am still high off of the Chargers’ win and I am pretty full. It seems like a good time to let my stomach settle. How about that game, though? I honestly thought we were gonna choke, but hey we did it.

So I have a few ideas floating around on what community I want to write about. I want to research a certain subreddit (on Reddit.) If you are not familiar with Reddit, it is a website that consists of basically communities known as subreddits. Each subreddit is unique in that nearly all of them can be their own discourse community. I wrote in a previous post about my experience with the r/fantasyfootball subreddit. I showed how it met the criteria for a discourse community. I figure that if r/fantasyfootball qualifies, many other subreddits will as well. I originally thought about doing it about r/fantasyfootball, but there are so many more options.

The thing with subreddits is that most of the communication mediums are the same. What differs is how they communicate, and what language they use. Also, you have to pay attention to how they use the ideologies of each subject they represent. For example, r/wallstreetbets is way different from r/stocks even though the main focus of each is the stock market. r/wallstreetbets is sarcastic and vulgar, while r/stocks is more educational and professional. You would have to visit the subreddits yourself in order to get a better idea of what I’m talking about. My point is, even though they both take on the genre of “financial speak,” they ideologies portray are different. When you browse the site, you will start to notice how values differ across subreddits.

The only subreddits usually require from you is your time. There are no fees or crazy initiations (that I know of). You really just need a reddit username and you’re good to go.

So yeah, that’s where I am right now. I figure that if I can’t decide on a subreddit that I will do my paper on nurses. My girlfriend’s mom is a nurse, so I figure I could interview her, and maybe even some of her coworkers.

I know this blog is a bit short, but I am still brainstorming. I hope I can pick a subreddit by tomorrow, but we’ll see. I hope you guys have a fun time thinking about what you wanna write about.

#boltup

P.S. I lost today in fantasy. I benched Matt Forte because he hasn’t been performing lately. He also went up against the Ravens D, which I thought was decent against the run. Well, there he sat, 20 something points to his name. I think I am about to lose by less than 20...Oh well.