Week 4 – maggie d

I really enjoyed all of Verified. I like the conversational tone of the book, and that tone really helped with any iffy areas that I might have struggled with understanding. The humor helped too. Some of the topics weren’t super heavy but it was cool to still be able to keep that tone and know that your readers are able to comprehend and connect to your writing.

All of the verification processes that I learned were super helpful, but I think my favorite was the lateral reading. Pretty much everything on the internet is connected, especially with the little google trick to see the source of a website or page. Being able to “read” laterally is a good trick to have because it can translate into so many other aspects of my life. Lately, I’ve been using some of the tricks from Verified to de-influence myself when it comes to health products that people review online. A video raving about a certain supplement or electrolyte powder seems so convincing, especially when a bunch of different people all say the same things about it. I always make myself leave whatever platform I’m on to do actual research on the product before I impulse buy it. Too many times I’ve bought something and been super excited about it, then when it arrives it’s nowhere near as good as the people who were sponsored by the company said it was.