I thought the analysis of how culture affects how people use social media was a unique perspective. I liked the comparison between Facebook and Wechat, but it would have been nice if there was some visual representation of the comparison. I also thought the analysis for the reasons behind the peaks in changes in profile picture were pretty interesting. I never noticed that many people were changing their profile picture around the same time, but the commentary makes sense that people want to look good on social media when they know that many new people will be looking at their profile.
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ashleyle
Posted on 2015-09-15 09:14:36 -0400.
Hello!
I agree with almost all of your observations, there are a few technical points I'd like to address:
First, what do you mean when you say that changing profile pictures on Facebook is an "indirect" way of sharing important milestones with friends? In addition, if WeChat users attempt to adapt to American culture by revealing themselves through their profile pictures, why do you think their WeChat profile pictures still veil who they are? Finally, I'm sure that "random pictures" is not an accurate way to describe the "doodles" that people use as profile pictures instead of their faces. What might be the meaning of that particular "doodle," and how does that represent the individuality of the person?
I thought the analysis of how culture affects how people use social media was a unique perspective. I liked the comparison between Facebook and Wechat, but it would have been nice if there was some visual representation of the comparison. I also thought the analysis for the reasons behind the peaks in changes in profile picture were pretty interesting. I never noticed that many people were changing their profile picture around the same time, but the commentary makes sense that people want to look good on social media when they know that many new people will be looking at their profile.
Hello!
I agree with almost all of your observations, there are a few technical points I'd like to address:
First, what do you mean when you say that changing profile pictures on Facebook is an "indirect" way of sharing important milestones with friends? In addition, if WeChat users attempt to adapt to American culture by revealing themselves through their profile pictures, why do you think their WeChat profile pictures still veil who they are? Finally, I'm sure that "random pictures" is not an accurate way to describe the "doodles" that people use as profile pictures instead of their faces. What might be the meaning of that particular "doodle," and how does that represent the individuality of the person?
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