Blog 2 (Late)

Well after finally being able to read Baym.. I can begin to catch up on my blogs! First, I noticed in both readings that they touch on the fear that language in users is degrading over time due
to, basically, laziness of typing a word. I see the abbreviations for words that will make our language lazy such as: lol, lmao, rofl, brb, gtg, ttyl etc. I tend to agree with both Baym and Herring when they state that these forms of CMC is continually making our world of language and communication more portable, therefore ending with a less personable means of communicating. One thing I thought really touched my thoughts perfectly was one phrase used in Baym's reading on page 34 of chapter 2.
"The internet would lead to the world Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed of, in which people would be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin." Baym goes on to describe the superbowl commerical from MCI "There is no race, there are no genders, there is no age, there are no infirmities, there are only minds. Utopia? No, the Internet"

I believe that these words could not be more true of the internet, and that many points offered by both authors are actually well founded in these ideas.