Groups and communities

Groups and communities have been around since the internet came around. Social media pages such as Facebook and Instagram  are used to support these groups. One of the common themes of the articles was Privacy and Public, with these sites it is very hard for anyone on these sites to have a private life. In the article by Boyd he explains  “Today’s teenagers are being socialized into a society complicated by shifts in the public and private.New social technologies have altered the underlying architecture of social interaction and information distribution”. He believes that this is the challenge, teens and young adults are growing up with in this change in society but in his words ” most adults are panicking. They do not understand the shifts that are taking place and, regardless, they don’t like what they’re seeing. ” These groups that have given their users a way to stay connected to each other and usually these groups are made up of people who share a common interest.  Groups like fan girls their common interest would be characters from a movie or a boy band, their platforms are usually Facebook,twitter, and Instagram. In the article “Abundance in Scarcity” they mentioned a story about who brought guitars to Hawaii and the Hawaiians had no idea how to use it. They developed their own ways of using it. Reddit is a good example of what this reading is trying to explain.  Its a good example because in the website Reddit there is a part where someone gives a story prompt with a lot of restrictions and guidelines  and the commentators have to be super creative while following the guidelines. The last article was very interesting for me because it brought up a great point that, he explains that if you were at a party and you are having a terrible time, you do not just walk out. Even if you already decided that the party just isn’t  for you any more. Other people at this party are feeling the same thing but no one leaves til that one person decides that this party isn’t for them and actually gets up that when everyone grabs their coats and actually leaves. We make our own decision but do not execute  them until we see more people doing it. Then we realize that it is socially acceptable.