Blog Post 15

I have recently belonged to Note, a website that I make personal blog posts on, since I took a break from Instagram. Compared to Instagram, this network doesn’t require much interaction with others, so I would say that users don’t have strong connections. The only actions the users can make are to push a like button and to comment. You may have seen a lot of both positive and negative comments on social media, such as Instagram and YouTube. However, the Note is different. Whenever one tries to comment on another post, a system pops up on the screen and suggests that you think carefully before you comment. This announcement is to prevent offensive and hurtful comments or harassment. I have seen more positive comments on this network, but I think maybe this notification hinders some user’s connections more than on other social media platforms. When I wanted to comment to show my reactions to a post and saw this popup, I decided not to comment. This system has made me carefully interact with other users.

On this website a few of my friends, from my Instagram account, and I mutually follow each other. With those friends, I can frankly interact with them in the comment sections because we both know how we interact with each other normally. Also sending some likes can maintain our connection to show my recognition as an ambient presence. As I mentioned before, this network is not as interactive as other social media, but instead, we can maintain or build another social relationship in a healthy way by respectfully interacting with other users and sending some likes.