Hello again!! This past week we learned a very different aspect of the culture of Reddit and started brainstorming about our Unit One Project. I did not know much about Reddit before reading the article so before I explain this online community I want to explain Reddit. Reddit is an online collaboration website based on people submitting content related to a specific topic. People may “upvote” or “downvote” content if users want other viewers to see the same post. The topic explain in our weekly reading was about Reddit’s suicide prevention communities. We had a guest speaker in Tuesday’s class named Lili Steffen who is doing here senior paper on the same idea of community, but on Tumblr. It was a pro-anorexia blog promoting views to restricting eating habits.In relation to the Reddit’s suicide prevention both platforms were safe spaces online helping each other share their stories for others to relate. Both of the online communities are very accessible for users to have their voice be heard. Since people are always on the go, logging into the websites on their phone may help more than setting aside time to physically deal with their issues. Another pro to both of these platforms is they are receiving real and genuine advice and stories from people who are struggling with the same problem. On the other hand, it is very easy for users to be a negative stigma throwing people over the edge of giving either suicidal thoughts or finding anorexia is healthy. During Thursday’s class we held a mockup of what or unit project will be graded on. We are getting into groups and choosing a social movement that we support. I chose the social movement of “freeing the nipple” Next week’s class will be based on more research about social movements and our personal projects. Here is a link from Reddit’s suicide prevention sub platform. Till next time!!
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