The article “On Facebook,
Biggest Threat to Your Private Data May Be You” incorporates many claims and
evidence to back up those claims. The
main claim of the entire paper is the privacy on Facebook. Another claim is sharing information that
really no one cares about. The evidence
used throughout the article is examples of angry Facebook users about the
changed policy and examples of posts that others do not care to read
about. The claims used in this article
are claims of judgments. The article is
full of opinions based on others believes on the subject.
The audience of this article is
Facebook users. It is specifically
talking to Facebook users that are affected by the new privacy policy. The author’s purpose is to show how little we
think of the privacy of our information on facebook. The tone of the article is negative towards
facebook users and their privacy. The
negative attitude portrays a mocking and sarcastic tone. The writer’s words are typical of
conversational language. Also, it uses slang
terms that are easy to understand. The
author really emphasizes on the examples used for poor privacy. It seems to portray a very dramatic attitude. The organization of the article is thought
out very well. It is split up into many
different paragraphs. At the beginning
of the article the tone is not as dramatic or strong, but by the end it is full
of strong evidence and goes out with a dramatic bang.
