Radio listeners who took the talk as nonfiction include the bloggers at Flutterbyblue, Frogsonthemoon, A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago, Stuff I Think, jeffmilner.com, Excess Opinion, La Dolce Vita, and Siphoning Off a Few Thoughts; and commenters Sunshine Jim, Glinda, and David Rollins. "Tends to confirm the origins of Gladwell's too-glib-by-half writing: contempt for the reader," wrote a Gawker commenter.