I'm all for sharing, but why the online obsession with revealing every detail of your life?

what kind of effect does this have on the reader?

People feel way more comfortable leaving details about their life on the internet compared to talking about it in person. People can say a lot of things behind the screen that they won't say out loud. This leads people to share a lot more personal stuff with a lot more people.

This kind of detail sharing writing attracts a certain kind of reader because it becomes more personal. It can also turn some readers away because they disagree with the writers choices.

two factors or characteristics of a chapter that might make it difficult to read would be words i don't understand, or if i don't fully understand what's going on in the chapter. strategies i can use to get through the difficult material would be a dictionary, and re-reading previous chapters to get a better grasp of what the author is trying to say.