I would consider myself a frequent user of Reddit so doing this
task sparked a lot interest in me. It introduced me more about the business
section of Reddit and what other Redditors have to offer in ideas, suggestions,
and views about certain issues relating to business.
1. What kinds of things do people in the Reddit forums seem to be
arguing about, debating, disagreeing about or otherwise engaging in meaningful exchanges
of ideas about? Give us a descriptive and clear sense of the kinds of stories
you're seeing in the Reddit forums.
One of the stories I read from Reddit was about
how the internet is being used more for hiring people than any other form of
applying for jobs. While reading through the thread I noticed how many people
believe how using online applications is a lousy way of hiring with people
spamming businesses with false resumes. Instead, one Reddit user writes about
how companies should find employees in a more local scale, sending out people
to meet and interview nearby potential workers. In another forum, there was a
discussion about a news article listing the top ten skills necessary
for children to succeed in 2020 from a world economic forum report. One user
believed the skills listed in the article are vague and rubbish, as these
skills were not useful. The another user writes about how he/she disagrees
with the idea of complex problem solving as one of the top skills needed for
success in 2020. Similarly, another user disagrees with this point as he/she thinks how
education should focus more into complex problem solving skills for the future.
2. In your opinion, what are the two most interesting debates/disagreements
you found in the Reddit forums? Hyperlink us to the two different Reddit
threads and explain why you found those debates interesting. Be specific and
honest and be yourself. I don't want you to blah-blah-blah this. I want you to
really engage.
The most interesting debates/disagreements I
found was about the U.S economy in 2016 and Halliburton’s $28 million loss.
When discussing what is to come of the economy in the United States, many were
blaming former presidents irrational spending as the root cause for the ugly
economy 2016 has in store for the U.S. One user disagrees with this by stating
how it is in fact congress, which spends lavishing amounts of money
stubbornly. Another online user writes how that because there is not a
significant wage growth, this will lead to a downfall of the U.S economy.
Similarly, in another story about Halliburton’s $20 million loss, many were happy to have seen this loss in a company tied with the Dick Cheney.
However one user writes how the company is not completely evil, as the user
writes on personal account as to how he/she knows many good honest people
working for Halliburton.
3. Overall, what impression do you get of your discipline based on
what you saw happening in the Reddit forums? Were the people in those forums
talking in ways you expected or did not expect, about things you anticipated
they'd be talking about or things you had no idea they'd be discussing? Explain
in concise specific detail.
I did expect to see a lot of
disagreement between users, except, there was a lot more disagreement then I
would have anticipated there to be. It seems as though some users argued for such
little issues or even for the sake of arguing with people criticizing the news
source of an article “Does Your Child Have the Right Skills for the WEF’s “4th Industrial Revolution?” On the other hand I had found that others made
detailed and credible arguments to why they believed their opinion was right
for debates relating to hiring employees methods or why 2016 will be worse for
the United States. I did not expect as much profanity as well in these forums
as I would have imagined. Furthermore, some comments in the thread were quick
statements without any relevant developed evidence to support their claims. This
would include points about how distraught people were about the issues in the
business world today with the U.S economy.
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