#week4post

At first glance, it is easy to assume that Tumblr might be defined and simply understood as a blogging platform. Admittedly, the foundations with which Tumblr is built upon, as well as it’s functionalities do strongly make that suggestion…

….Tumblr culture and user behaviour often reflects the qualities and features which characterises a blogging platform. The dashboard is an open space that allows the personalised expression of an individual to form connections with those of shared interest. Text, photo, quote, link, chat, audio and video posts are the modes of communication which enable interest-based communities to take form…

…However it is also important to note that the reblog function quite openly removes the intimacy and individuality of the traditional blogging experience to an extent and likens itself to social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter…

…Yet I think Tumblr holds a certain quality which social networking sites do not. The identity of Tumblr and the capabilities it provides its users, which distinguishes itself from other online resources, positions the platform in a space where it quite clearly appears to behave as a blog more so than a social networking service…

…Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp and more all appear to connect individuals to both strangers and people they know, and also encapsulates information and content that caters to both personal and shared interests. Undeniably, Tumblr is used in the same manner by many via one-on-one chat and the follow action which is typical of a social networking service. This is why Tumblr is often interpreted as a social networking site….

…However Tumblr allows for portfolio building and focuses on the  process of producing creative content. This is part of the reason why many Tumblr personalities and accounts attract attention by constructing a presence that resembles a digitalised diary, personal scrapbook, collection of thoughts or a registry for an individual’s art and various works…

…This is part of the reason why Tumblr sustains a much younger demographic and is in part, removed from mass commercialisation and the infiltration of larger media groups, services and advertisers that so clearly dominate content delivery on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and snapchat…

2. How does studying genres impact your writing?

3. What is the value of studying and/or writing about genres?

4. Select one of the questions above and explain the rhetorical choices you made towards answering the question. (Why did you do what you did? Why did you use what you did? etc)

For question three I used the gif of the animated cartoon characters Lilo and Stitch. In looking for a gif or picture for this question I instantly thought of characters or people “showing off” or acting overly confident, representing outcomes of studying/writing using the tools of studying genres, that can boost up your writing confidence.  

1. I had confusion and struggled with the assignment.

2. Is squid ward feeling accomplished on knowing everything is finished

3. Is the learning of the genres and looking through the examples to know how to write it properly.

4.for #1i have selected the photo of Ariana grande because i was confused on everything but after looking over the examples of how to write a genre essay i understood. Now I’m glad it is finished

It was 2006 when I first realized a presence of blog. And yes, it looked trendy, fresh also weird at first. Taking me too much time to understand and familiar myself with some terminology like ‘post’, ‘status’, ‘comment’, ‘entry’ or struggling to post an entry, how to customize site and so on, blog eventually was a part of my life. The entries had increased rapidly from the day I started blog, from once a week to once a day even three post a day . In retrospect, I couldn’t imagine how can I write and share that much pieces of my life ONLINE. It sounds ridiculous to admit that I was addicted in blog for at least 2 years. Thanks to the closure of Yahoo!Blog, I ran away from blogging after attempting some other sites (Myspace, Multiply, Wordspress) but none of them satisfied me.

BUT, NOW I HAVE TO START BLOG AGAIN… in an English version (the most terrible thing!!), under new platform called Tumblr and luckily it will be written and examined from a different perspective of mine, professional angle indeed. Just give me some limit spaces in this first blog to express/recall/share my own feelings, thoughts and experience since I met and used BLOG.

Blog itself is not harmful. It is a place for sharing, like a diary. I agree with the expression of Mary Cross in “Bloggerati, Twitterati: How Blogs and Twitter are Transforming Popular Culture” (2011, p.50). He mentioned “…blogs satisfy a basic human desire for self-expression and, at the same time, the basic human desire to be heard, to have an audience. In this regard, blogs are not the new kids on the block, just a 21st-century version of the 18th-century coffeehouse conversations…”  So, if I wrote blog with the purpose of satisfying my self-expression and being heard as a basic human need, what have I done wrong?

From my observation when reviewing previous blog usage, a majority of entries tended to express depression rather than happiness. Almost mentioned sundry matters which did not contribute much to personal development even self-confidence. Moreover, continuous updating posts and sticking my nose in other’s business really pulled me away from real life situation also tore me away from outdoor activities. It consumed time, wasted of my effort, limited face-to-face connection. My experience with blog was so bad. That is why I want my next experience with blog change differently in which I could stay positively, give more insights and express my-online-image professionally.

I also need to confess that I’m not either a tech-savvy or always-on person. I indeed prefer face-to-face communication and teaching style. However I am trying to be not behind others in somehow. :)

Welcome to my new version of blog via Tumblr and enjoy my ‘wonderful’ writing skill.