Assumed Audience

In his blog, author Robin Sloan recommends that to avoid Context Collapse, writers should declare their assumed audience at the top of any piece of Posts, informing readers who the intended audience is and acknowledging that others may read it but might need to exert additional effort to fully comprehend it since it was not specifically written for them.

He goes on to say that the assumed audience can change over time and thus it is important for writers to keep revisiting this note and adapt the note to changing cultural and societal norms. Below are two examples from his blog:

Footnotes:

• Robin Sloan’s colophon
• https://v5.chriskrycho.com/journal/async-data-and-autotracking-in-ember-octane/
• https://v5.chriskrycho.com/library/word-and-church/dogmatic-portrayal-of-the-canon/