in my opinion overall, the article was a bit perplexing. It takes a while to understand . it seemed to me that each discourse community has a set of rules and objectives that a person must follow in order to be a part of that community. and one of those rules of a discourse community is to share information and feedback to assist the same community and share something in common. for example,” A discourse community uses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedback.ā€

#2 quote: “In addition, discourse communities both influence and are influenced by the larger communities within which they are situated.” i find this interesting because he explains that a DC with larger comunities such as universities atracks or impacts an urban environment with is beneficial to the university.