I think it’s not so much LW in particular as internet norms—she sounds like someone who doesn’t “live on the internet” very much, doesn’t comment on blogs or frequent forums and so on. (Do tell me if I’m guessing wrong.)
A close girlfriend of mine is like that. She was required to blog for a job once and she was completely turned off by the informality, the off-the-cuff style, and the fact that she’d get instant snarky feedback. Her journalism training gave her an expectation of extensive research and measured tone that just isn’t how “internet people” communicate. Blogs are messier and more casual, and people contradict each other more, and it was not her thing at all. I think that attitude is more common among women than men (though it’s also common among older people of both sexes.)
I think it’s not so much LW in particular as internet norms—she sounds like someone who doesn’t “live on the internet” very much, doesn’t comment on blogs or frequent forums and so on. (Do tell me if I’m guessing wrong.)
A close girlfriend of mine is like that. She was required to blog for a job once and she was completely turned off by the informality, the off-the-cuff style, and the fact that she’d get instant snarky feedback. Her journalism training gave her an expectation of extensive research and measured tone that just isn’t how “internet people” communicate. Blogs are messier and more casual, and people contradict each other more, and it was not her thing at all. I think that attitude is more common among women than men (though it’s also common among older people of both sexes.)