Do you know the Snack culture? It is like a trend of culture that people tend to prefer simple things and enjoy them within short time. (If you want to know more about this just clik the word Snack culture)
In this sense I think Twitter represents the Snack contents. It allows 140-character communication and people are willing to enjoy and spend their time in that place.
The strengths of snack contents are easy to make and convenient to use.
In my home country Korea there is a similar website to Twitter which is called “Playtalk.” This website gives micro blog service(same as Twitter) and also it can be used in English, Japanese and ChineseWhen you first enter Playtalk, you can see the information of Playtalk.
"Display your digital life in Microblog"People write down their simple thought or instant feeling on that website and share it with unknown people. Korean famous writer Oisoo Lee, operating his own playtalk homepage (www.playtalk.net/oisoo) collected his Playtalk comments and published them in one book called “ha-ack ha-ack”. That book became the Korean Bestseller in July 2008.
PLAYTALK is a microblog based
social network service. Playtalk is a smaller version of a blog, limiting posts
to 250 characters. You can view posts online, mobile or via SMS. This is a great
way to meet friends and keep up on what they are doing.
In this case you can see how micro blogging have gained in popularity over recent years
Now is the time that the simple is getting its power through contemporaries' consumption pattern. As a university students, we can use the microblogging site such as Twitter and Playtalk by knowing thoroughly about these tips.
Don't you think the simple 140-character communication has the real complicated power?
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2 comments:
I had never heard of Snack Culture before. I think that simple social networking such as Twitter is the next trend to take over. However, with all of the microblogging involved from different users, it could become more complicated.
Snack Culture..It makes sense..haha
Today's class was so interesting..
Most of all, I like that twitter doesn't have any pressure about length of writing and making good sentences.
Twitter is very fast and easy..like snack~
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