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China, Internet, Social Media??? What is going on?????????????

When you heard the word ‘China’, you may go like ‘wow China is good, they are very powerful and hardworking people, almost everything in this world is made from China, they achieved a lot of gold medals from the Olympics, they have the iconic man made object, the Great Wall of China which can literally be seen from the moon, etc etc.

But is that all you know about China? 

Today i think most of the people already know about this little secret that i am about to reveal, as it has been revealed a few years back and in a short time the news is spread all over the internet. But if the type of person that does not read newspaper, watch television and not so active on the internet and you happened to bumped into this blog, YOU ARE IN FOR A TREAT!!!

CHINA GOVERNMENT IS TAKING CHARGE OF THE INTERNET IN CHINA !!! TA-DAHHHHHH

As you can see from this image above, apparently China has created their own kind of internet with the same purposes but different logos and names. For example, everyone use Google to search for stuffs online as it is the primary search engine on the internet, Amazon for trading, purchasing and selling, Facebook and Instagram for socialising, Whatapps for Chatting, Google map for navigation. BUT IN CHINA, they have their own versions of it, such as, Baidu act as Google (search engine), Alibaba as Amazon, Weibo as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., Wechat as Whatapp, BaiduMaps as Google Maps and more !!!

The social media industry in China is growing explosively and largely independent from international markets. Most users on platforms like Sina Weibo and WeChat are Mandarin speakers; most posts are written in Mandarin.

In the world, China has the largest population of Internet users; according to the 2016 Statistical Report on Internet Development in China, by December 2016 there will be roughly 731 million of users on social media in China, which is more than double the entire population of the United States.

The above figures can only means two things for organisations that want to succeed in this large market, is promotional campaigns must be localised into Chinese culture and social media is a smart way to make your brand visible to potential customers in China.

The majority of social media users in China use Sina Weibo (weibo is Chinese for microblogging) and Wechat. Wechat has the kind of life integration that Google and Amazon only dream about. With over 700 million monthly users according to Tencent 2016 Annual report, in China. It is seems to have everything in one application. It is an all-in-one social media platform, a search tool; where users can shop online within Wechat or pay via the app in stores, a business centre, and it is Siri on steroids: waving your phone at the TV allows users to interact with a variety of TV programs, not only that, users can also access public services like medical appointments, and pay their bills using the application (Wechat Pay). With the trustworthy environment that it created; half of its users have linked their WeChat account to their bank account; it is called the Wechat Pay which i have mentioned earlier. As a result, they interact with businesses far more (and spend far more) than Westerners do with their credit cards (Thai 2018).

Sina Weibo is a micro-blogging a platform in China released in 2009 that works like a cross between Twitter and Facebook, enables its users to have both traditional social media functions and shopping and business tools like consumer communities, special promotions, and advertisements. With over 300 million monthly users Sina has a fundamentally open platform where a user’s post can be shared with the public unless otherwise designated, which this making it a perfect channel for organisation, companies to attract customers, followers to help promote their businesses; services or products (Thai 2018).

BUT WHY China do all of these?!?!?

The basic reason i can think of is the China internet organisations know how to develop a Chinese user friendly social media application. They know what is best for their people. For example in Malaysia or the states we living with a diversity of races, but in China most of the population is Chinese and they the only language they know is Mandarin (Vast Majority). Thus, they are not used to using some western developed application which does not suit their taste. As for the other Chinese that are not from China we have living with a lot of different races and in order bring us all together an communicate well, we are ought to learn that one protocol that enables that; is which to learn English. Thus, with that as one of the factors; we are slowly being westernised, we staring to use western developed social media platform, Facebook , Instagram and Twitter. But by doing that we does not feel being outcast or weird about it, as we are already used to western culture (to some extent) but for the Chinese people in China to use the western developed application, they might find it weird, odd, and unfamiliar.

Besides that, some may say that the China government blockage of foreign social networks is the main reason. But what i think is that the act of blocking of foreign social networks has been providing a better environment for the Chinese organisation to enable them to develop their own social apps which also provide more job opportunities for their local people.

Conclusion, i think every actions that people do have their reasons and that reason will consist of both good and bad side of it. So, i think the good side of China government by blocking the foreign social media provide a lot of job opportunities for their own people, as that is a very good thing cause we all know that china has a very large population, by having other foreign social network developed by other people might taken up a lot of job opportunities from them.

And the bad side might be, citizen in China might not know much about what is going on in the outside world, which also can be a good thing where China can control their citizen more easily. But as a human i think they must given the right to choose on whether they want to know about the outside world or not.

Reference:

Thai, N 2018, ‘10 Most Popular Social Media Sites in China (2018 Updated)’, Dragon Social, viewed 22 November 2018, <https://www.dragonsocial.net/blog/social-media-in-china/>.

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Facebook's Impact Could Help All

By: Elena Frac

April 21, 2012

80% of Facebook’s 800 million users are from outside the United States. This emphasizes the impact that foreign markets have had on domestic firms. This is Facebook’s market without China. With 800 million users without China, think about how big of an impact the addition of China would be to Facebook’s market. The globalization of Facebook is rapid and extremely profitable. Facebook’s interest in China is high, and the anticipation of their IPO has increased China’s population’s interest in the social media market. Trouble with accounting issues and corporate governance had proved problems in the past year, but with the anticipation of Facebook’s entrance to China, the last couple sessions have shown increases in stocks of all China’s social media websites. The two major problems social media websites have in penetrating the market of China are: the strong local competition, and censorship. There are 500 million internet users in China, so the potential is big for a mass improvement. Mark Zuckerberg is in fact learning Chinese to help his case with the officials in China. He is also interested in the market share of other Asian countries such as South Korea, India, and Japan. The penetration rate for India is 20-30%, while it is less than 15% for South Korea and Japan, so there is room for much improvement and penetration of the market overall in Asia. Language seems to be a large obstacle in translating different cultural aspects, which the Facebook team is working to overcome.

Renren climbed 33%, to $5.55 after word of the anticipation of Facebook expecting to file for an IPO, where Sina rose 13% to $70.27 in this expansion. “The ‘Facebook’ effect on China Internet companies has already started,” said Sina Chief Financial Officer Herman Yu. “A successful Facebook IPO may further heighten investor’s interest in social media” and other potential leaders in related categories such as open platform, social advertising and e-commerce.“

Gary Wang, chief executive of online video company Tudou Holdings hopes the IPO will turn more attention to China. “The market has been fixated on the Facebook IPO for so long,” Mr. Wang said. “I hope their IPO will be done successfully and have a good post-IPO performance…the market will see there are plenty of great companies out there, including the Chinese Internet companies.” The penetration of Facebook to China’s internet servers will prove an advantage for all social media websites as well. It will bring more attention and interest in social media in itself, while increasing the market of users for local Chinese Internet companies.

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Social Media In China: What A Business Should Know.

By Kat Bordogna

March 28,2012

If your business is looking to expand to China and would like to start a website, there are a few things you should know about the Chinese Internet. The first thing to know is there are very strict rules and censorship on the Internet, and people have to be careful of what they say. Businesses can be affected by this because, if they allow the Chinese public to freely speak their mind, the Chinese government might hack into the website to censor the comments that people say.

One example is Google. Google had a Chinese version of their website that was censored. After a while, however, they started to realize that their Chinese user’s gmails were being hacked into, and knew it was the government’s doing. After this, they closed their Chinese site. Months later, they were able to come back and put a link to their site when the people were redirected to another Hong Kong version.

This example is a good reminder to businesses trying to become known in China. The government is very tight and has actual employees whose job are to scan blogs and comments made by the Chinese public and block any with words such as “democracy” or any other word that goes against the government.

Although strict, the Chinese Internet isn’t a complete no-go for businesses. Businesses can still use social media sites to gain attention, all they have to do is keep it about the business, and not anything else. A good site to use to enhance business is Sina Weibo.

Sina Weibo is a Chinese website that is a combination of Facebook and Twitter. It uses the twitter @ symbol to talk to people and also the # to start trends. What makes this site so popular is the Chinese celebrities that use it. This website would be great for businesses because it is very popular and, like Twitter, is a great way to get the word out about an event or promotion your business is having.

Another good thing to know about social media in China is that it is dominated by the younger generation.  In fact, it is said that 60% of all the Chinese Internet users are 30 years old or younger. That is a huge percentage of people and a good thing to keep in mind if you are a business. This can severely impact your marketing approaches when you decide to come over to China. If your business is something that is not targeted to the younger generation, it may not be worth trying to plunge into social media, seeing as the majority of users are young. If, however, your business is targeted to a young population, then social media in China would be a huge success for you, and you should focus a lot of your energy on making sure your business is prominent in the social media world.

Another thing to keep in mind if you are trying to enter the Chinese market is that online gaming is a huge success in China. It is said that 20% of all social media users in China are also users of their games. This can be a very good way to promote your business and get your businesses name out in China. One example is Lay’s using the farming game on the Chinese equivalent of Facebook to promote their product. They had the gamers grow potatoes and buy Lay’s factories. The farming game is not the only type of game there is, in case that is not the field your business falls under. There is also sports games, pet games, restaurant, real estate, etc. By entering your business into these games, it is not just a pointless advertisement on the side of a website. This makes the user interact with your business, get to know what it is, and gives it more publicity than anything else, in my opinion.

Source: “Social Media and Censorship in China” by Synthesio

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Tips to enter the chinese market?

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Learn the language first, Mandarin

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Social Gameing

When i think of social gaming, the first thing that comes to mind is the good old game on Facebook, Farm Ville !!!

What is Social Gaming??

Without any properly research or whatsoever, when I heard of social game, it seems simple to define social game (At least it seemed simple to me): Social games which are games that does not requires a console to play with like an X-Box or Wii, games that are easy to puzzle out in terms of skill-level, games that are relatively inexpensive or free to play and live on Myspace (back in the days) [Kingdom of Camelot, Fish isle] and Facebook (Pet Society, Farm Ville).  

Casual Games

Casual games are defined as video games or online games that have simple set of rule or instruction, thus that anyone can play with ease and most of the time these casual games are typically free to play online or free to download. According to some, casual games were considered to be “lightweight games” a few years ago, that were played little, but often.

“Social games” or Facebook Games

Back in the older days, social games were one the of the hottest category of applications on Facebook. Some may say that these social games or Facebook games are just enhanced versions of the casual games, which I mentioned above. So what is the difference between them?

The so call enhanced version of casual games, “social games”, they now have a more social element to them. Few years ago, ever since Facebook platform opened up to developers, which allowed many game developers to do was insert an element of socialisation into casual games. There was the birth of this “new” category and with good reason. It seems that socialising casual games (social games) has made them more viral and more attractive (O’Neill 2008).

Thus, the definition of social games: “Social games are a structured activity which has contextual rules through which users can engage with one another. Social games must be multiplayer and have one or more of the following features: turn-based, are based on social platforms for providing users with an identity and are casual” (O’Neill 2008) .

Some characteristic of Social games, according to O’Neill (2008)---------------

Turn-based –  A social game is not social if you are playing alone without any interaction with anyone within the same game. With that being said, some social games enable users to take turns in playing. Although turn-based games are nothing new but in the current environment, turn-based takes on a new meaning. Bear in mind that turn-based is not a requirement, just a frequent feature found in “social games”. 

Awareness of others’ actions in games – I honestly believe this was the catalyst for “social gaming.” When you could see in your news feed that there some bugs or insects that just attacked your friends’ farm and your farm , suddenly there was social context, making you more likely to interact with the game.

Multiplayer – There is without a doubt, you can’t be social without anyone there to begin with. Whether there are two or two hundred players, the game has to be multiplayer for it to be social.

Example of a social game

FarmVille 

FarmVille is doing many things in the game, thus that is why close to 10% of all Facebook users play FarmVille (Back in the game when there ain’t many people play Facebook). But one of the most ingenious mechanics in Zynga's farm simulation game is the neighbour system. Although It's easy enough to  build up your farm and harvest crops alone, but when you do it with your Facebook friends, your productivity skyrockets exponentially. And if you've ever hopped onto your news feed just to be exposed to a storm of FarmVille updates,you realise exactly how enticing it very well may be to click around and see what the whine is about.

Either this is a metaphor for real farms, where workers have to cooperate to stay alive, or it's just a ploy to get people to recruit one another so Zynga can harvest all of your money. The gaming company has used the social promotion lessons it learned from FarmVille to launch CityVille last year, which has already become the most popular game on Facebook with almost 100 millions users (twice that of FarmVille).

In conclusion, i think that there are not much of  a disadvantage brought by the birth of this new category of game (social gaming), other than taking up most of the players’ time due to the fact that it’s highly addictive and players have to keep playing it, in order to gain more benefits and gradually,become the best among their friends or family, which this is only concern that most of the players should be aware of.

References:

O’Neill, N 2008,  What Exactly are Social Games, ADWEEK, viewed 15 November 2018, <https://www.adweek.com/digital/social-games/>.

Schreier, J 2011, ‘5 Top Social Games and Why They're So Successful’, MashableAsia, viewed 14 November 2018, <https://mashable.com/2011/02/15/top-social-games/#Jzj.6d89Ikqk>.

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BTS speak at United Nations ‘Generation Unlimited’ campaign Launch

 Yesterday BTS appeared in front of the United Nations to give a speech on the importance of empowering young voices and promoting their “Love Myself” campaign. It coincides with the launch of the UN campaign called ‘Generation Unlimited’  which wants “to ensure that every young person is in education, learning, training or employment by 2030″. 

The leader of the group, RM, detailed the struggles of finding his own voice and the struggles BTS faced at the beginning of their careers. He acknowledges the importance of learning to accept yourself during your journey in life, summed up eloquently when he says “I have come to love myself for who I am, for who I was, and for who I hope to become.”

The group has helped propel the conversation about youth mental health in Korea and have created hundreds of thousands of twitter engagements talking about mental health awareness. Speaking at the UN has given their campaign even more legitimacy and importance. Their fanbase, ARMY, has greatly supported their causes and this appearance at the UN proves how their efforts are recognized. 

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Fandom and Fan Activism

What is Fandom?

Fandom is a group, community or subculture that rejoice a shared bond shaped between individuals over a TV show, book series, band, movie, or any other type of pop culture. “fandom”, with a lower-case ‘f’ instead of capitalized “F” is just a broken down, smaller factions from the larger Fandom. These smaller factions are named in pun-tactic ways after the thing that is the subject of admiration (Morrison 2016).

Most fandoms have their own nicknames that differentiate them from other fan communities. The nicknames are popular with films, TV shows, singer, celebrities, books, music bands, sports teams, and games. Some of the terms are created by celebrities while many are coined by fans.

With the invention of social media in the beginning of the 21st century, the trend of giving a name to a fandom became more popular, although such nicknames were used much earlier. Some people consider the Beatlemaniacs (fans of The Beatles) and Sherlckians (fans of Sherlock Holmes)  to be some of the oldest known examples (Richards 2012).

Fandom nickname of their favourite band in the States such as “Directioner” which defined by Urban Dictionary as  "someone who stands by the band One Direction no matter what. Who would be there to support the boys 100%. Whether it's acting, singing, dancing, anything... they'll be there for it all." Less enthusiastic fans are labeled "Directionators" (Richards 2012).  

In Korea, one of the recent most popular Korean pop Girl Group TWICE, gained popularity and loves from all around the world, and with that much fans, there are no doubt that a fandom will be made. Fans of Twice are been called as “Once” and this fandom’s nickname was created by the Girl Group TWICE themselves. The reasoning behind naming TWICE’s fandom “Once” is adorable and simple. Once simply means if the fans love the group even once, the girls will repay them with “twice” their love and indivduals that dislike TWICE will be know as “Thrice”  or “Anti-Twice” (SBS popAsia HQ 2016).

Having fandoms is good as you are able to share your thoughts, information, opinions and etc, with people who have the common interest, but things can get nasty with fandoms sometimes which they called it the “Fan Wars”. The term is used when two fandoms that support different celebrities, bands, groups, Tv series, books and etc, start dissing each other on social media. This situation usually caused by some immature or insensitive fans in a fandom. One of the fan wars i saw online was “Blink” which is the fandom nickname for the Korean pop girl group, Black Pink, those immature or insensitive Blinks would go and comment on post or article of other popular Korean girl groups such as TWICE, MOMOLAND and etc. Some say they are jealous and envy the other group popularity, but in actuality Black Pink is equally popular compared to the popular groups.These immature fans would drop a mean comments such as:

“They are all just lip syncing“

“I see no talent in them at all”

“They are just made for fan service”

but not all of them fans are like this as some understands that different groups have different concepts and they should not be compared and fans should just love their own favourite celebrities, bands, groups, books, TV shows, and etc but not to spread hate to others just because they are more popular, mainstreams or overrated. What i think is, everyone should just stick to their cores, do not spread hate as i personally saw those hate comments but in the end nothing will change the fact that i admire those groups and i think this applies to everyone. Whatever those hater trying to do, to bring bad names to them, to reduce their popularity or fans, nothing will change only wars between defensive fans will occurs which then both sides resulting achieving nothing in the end of the day.

What is Fan Activism?

According to Jenkins (2012), fan activism is defined as “as  form of civic engagement and political participation that merge from within fan culture itself, often in response to the shared interest of fans, often conducted through the infrastructure of existing fan practices and relationships, and often framed through metaphors drawn from popular and participatory culture”

Example of Fan Activism

In the realm of K-pop, Net activism is also evident from the ways in which the fan groups participate in sociocultural events such as donating, fund-raising to volunteering in emergency situations or charity (such as the Tae-an oil spill in 2007 and the Indonesian tsunami in 2004), , and challenging media change laws and media amusement arrangements to ensure the privileges of youthful craftsmen. This isn't a particular thing to K-pop alone, as exhibited by the fan activism encompassing Western specialists, for example, Lady Gaga and her relationship to gay rights, and U2's job in antipoverty battles. Be that as it may, on account of K-pop fan activism, the fans, not the stars, start gathering pledges and philanthropy occasions; fans give the cash raised under the name of their picked stars. Fans practice such exercises for nearby philanthropies, as well as a method for advancing their stars. Every K-pop fan bunch hence works more like a casual advancement organisation (Jung 2012).

In spite of the fact that there are surely Western cases of music being where a comparable base up fan activism might be distinguished (for instance, Tori Amos' fan network frequently assembles around issues encompassing sexual brutality), in K-pop, this is the standard instead of the special case. K-pop being a fan offers a model that interestingly underlines the fan gatherings' drives, and in addition their dynamic and aggregate inclusion in online exercises, the consequence of the country's high Internet use (Jung 2012).

References:

Jung, S 2012, ‘Fan activism, cybervigilantism, and Othering mechanisms in K-pop fandom’, Praxis, viewed 6 November 2018, <https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/300/287>.

Jenkins, H 2012,  ‘The Power and Potential of Fan Activism’, Henry Jenkins, viewed 6 November 2018, <http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2012/07/fandom_is_built_on_psychologic.html>.

Morrison, M 2016, ‘What Is Fandom And Why Is It Important?’, Odyssey, viewed 6 November 2018, <https://www.theodysseyonline.com/what-is-fandom-and-why-is-it-important>.

Richards, J 2012, ‘ Beliebers, Directioners, Barbz: What's With Pop's Fanbase-Nickname Craze?’, The Atlantic, viewed 5 November 2018, <https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/08/beliebers-directioners-barbz-whats-with-pops-fanbase-nickname-craze/260798/>.

SBS PopAisa HQ 2016, ‘10 K-Pop fandom names (and their meanings)’, SBS POPASIA, viewed 5 November 2018, <https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2016/05/25/10-k-pop-fandom-names-and-their-meanings>.

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Black Girls Vote, Tumblr team up to get voters to the polls

Black Girls Vote Inc. and Tumblr teamed up to get at least 2,018 people to vote in 2018.

Did you hear? We partnered with Black Girls Vote (@blackgirlsvote) for “A Social Experience” at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Our goal was simple: increase voter participation, and make sure people had fun while doing it. There was an upbeat, cheerful march to the polls. There was a dance floor. There was DJ, a photo booth, Tumblr swag, free food, and one beautiful community coming together.

Before marching to the polls, students gathered at MSU’s quad to hear speakers Dr. David Wilson, President of MSU, Bridget Kyeremateng, our very own Social Impact Coordinator, and Nykidria Robinson, founder and CEO of BGV, about the inherent power in voting, especially from historically marginalized people .

“We’re here to say that Black girls will vote, but also we’re going to take our husbands, our boyfriends, our brothers, our sons with us to the poll. Because it’s so important for us to vote.” — Nykidria Robinson, founder and CEO of Black Girls Vote.

Tumblr, we need you. People all over the world need you. Use your voice. Use your vote. It is the strongest asset you have. Historically, the youth vote—ages 18 to 24, have the lowest turnout of any age bracket. You can change that this year. You can change that every year moving forward. You can be heard. 

If you have any questions relating to state-specific election rules, check out How to Vote. HTV provides a summary of voter registration and voting rules for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. in both English and Spanish. Users can learn about registration, voting methods, important dates and deadlines, look up contact information for election officials and information for military and overseas voters, and check their registration status. If you have a question, chances are they have an answer. 

See you at the polls? See you at the polls.

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My gf Kenzie and I are 2 months late on our share of the rent, which puts us $800 in debt. So we’re now being evicted with no place to go. We’re gonna attempt to hitchhike from Indiana to her grandma’s house in Schenectady, NY. I’m not asking for help with the rent, I want to handle that part on my own once I find a job. What we need most is money for food, water, and transportation for finding employment once we get there. If you’re not able to donate, you can still help by reblogging this post as often as you can! Pray for us, we really need it! Thank you for reading.

💚 Cash.me/$KenzieMears

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💙 PayPal: [email protected]

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A good example of crowdfunding. 

[futuristicbasementcats]

Very true

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Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing

The Differences Between Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing

Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing, both use vast joint efforts to achieve objectives. Getting into a crowd wealth with capital or talent that can increase efficiency, fuel growth and make previously unfinished or seemingly impossible tasks possible.

Even if you are a digital content creation manager, a trendsetting enterprise manager, the maker of the future large iPhone app or social media or even the head of a non-profit cooperate – capitalizing on the massive stocks of skills and knowledge applicable through the crowd can revolutionize productivity

Despite the fact they are comparable, there are main disparities between crowdfunding and crowdsourcing (Schweissguth 2015). 

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is tool you need if you are in need of capital to further your efforts or to start up.

Although both exploit into the power of the crowd. However, crowdfunding tackles a type of micro funding, instead of tackling micro tasks.

Crowdfunding platforms gather together an entity or individual in need of funding with community representatives that are inclined to contribute cash to finance a new business project. Through crowdfunding websites and social media, crowdfunding utilised the easy availability of immense network of individuals to unite entrepreneur and investors together and can possibly boost entrepreneurship by widening the pool of investors from whom fund can be raised past the conventional circle of relatives, venture capitalist and owners  (Schweissguth 2015).

Insiders expect that number to reach $34.4 billion by the end of 2015 as global crowdfunding in 2014 expanded by 167 percent, reaching $16.2 billion in contributions, up from $6.1 billion in 2013 according to Massolution’s 2015CF - Crowdfunsing Industry Report.

Nevertheless, of the venture being funded, the host also been given benefits through crowdfunding such as:

Low-cost or free publicity and an opportunity for advance sales.

Introduction to new and potential loyal customers.

Built-in marketing.

An easier source of funding than traditional channels.

Crowdsourcing

If you are looking to divide and conquer, Crowd sourcing is the tool you need.

The main thing that crowdsourcing do is distributed problem solving. Business projects are segmented into micro tasks, which are then divided to employees that possessed the required exact skills to finish them efficiently. An on-demand workforce are able to tackles project of any scale and also deliver a high-value output at the same time with crowdsourcing.

Accessibility to skilled copywriters who create digital SEO content can be provided to businesses through crowdsourcing, thereby mainly helping to boost sales and also building relationships with individuals that have common interest.

Other enterprises rely on web developers, web scientist or programmers to solve complicated problems or unprecedented breakthroughs in development and research. Besides that, in recent events crowdsourcing was used in efforts to locate an aircraft that disappeared mid-flight, according to CNN news report. Digital Globe posted satellite images of 1,235 square miles of ocean and requested users to comb them for the minute areas of debris (Martinez & Newsome 2014).

Micro task can be performed simultaneously. Thus, projects can be completed more cost effectively and quickly with the power of hundreds and thousands of innovative minds throughout the world  (Schweissguth 2015).

Beyond moving the unthinkable into the realm of the possible, these are some benefits provided by crowdsourcing:

Boost cost-effectiveness

Minimised the duration to market and hurried the project delivery

Broad access to a flexible and creative workforce

Boost business capabilities

Conclusion:

In conclusion, i think that business visionaries , organisations, pioneers of humanitarian endeavours and all people with a reason or a dream can harness the intensity of mass joint effort to assemble future achievement through crowdsourcing or crowdfunding,  

References:

Schwissguth, S 2015, ‘Crowdsouricng Vs. Crowdfunding: What’s the Difference?’, Onespace Blog, viewed 23 October 2018, <https://www.onespace.com/blog/2015/07/crowdsourcing-vs-crowdfunding/>.

Martinez, M & Newsome, J 2014, ‘Crowdsourcing Volunteers Comb Satellite Photos for Malaysia Airlines Jet’, CNN World, viewed 24 October 2018, <https://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/11/us/malaysia-airlines-plane-crowdsourcing-search/index.html>.

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Cyber Bullying

Thankfully it tends to be an isolated occurrence, but from time to time my posts will draw in some hate speech, harassment, or even threats. Last evening’s post around talking about my clothing choices with my kiddo was one of them. I’ve already reported/blocked/hidden the content in question (not sure how that affects how it shows up for other folks at the moment); but just making the note that this stuff happens and that for some folks this kind of targeted harassment can have a far greater impact. Be kind to one another and call out harassment and abusive speech when you see it.

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I just don’t get it

In what way is my stalking you and admiring you from afar infringing upon your rights?

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What do you think about this?

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Trolling and Social Media Conflict

What is Trolling?

If you consider yourself to be pretty active on the Internet such as social media like Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram or any other kind of online communities like YouTube, Reddit and etc. you probably heard or came across a slang where savvy internet users call “trolling”, “troll”, “got trolled”, “being trolled” and etc.  Although numerous individuals utilise the term in settings where a sense of humour is valued, but in all actuality web trolling is not always a laughing matter and it can get pretty nasty as well (Moreau 2018).

There are many definitions for the term “trolling” that can be found in the website “The Urban Dictionary”, but among those many definitions the first one listed on the list seems to define it as simple and possible. Thus, according to the number one rated definition for “trolling” in Urban Dictionary is that it can be defined as: 

“the deliberate act, (by a Troll – noun or adjective), of making random unsolicited and/or controversial comments on various internet forums with the intent to provoke an emotional knee jerk reaction from unsuspecting readers to engage in a fight or argument“ 

Example of “Trolling” on the internet

In 2011 on Youtube, a girl named Rebecca Black, age 13 debuted with a song called “Friday”, it immediately became a worldwide viral hit for all the wrong reasons. Now that she is aged 20, she mentioned that it has taken her years to get over the trolling she received from the internet, live on BBC Radio 5. 

The song “Friday” has been listed as “The world’s worst song ever” by critics, and in a short time it also became the site’s (YouTube) most disliked videos, gathering a thousands of comments from the internet trolls.

“It was not easily for me shake it off the abuse, as i saw every negative comments written by the internet users myself, and i just could not stop myself from continuing on reading them - I just kept going and going and going,” said Rebecca.

Rebecca later on revealed that she had not actually seen the video herself before it has been uploaded on YouTube : “I saw it the minute it went on YouTube just like everyone else”.

“We thought, ‘it is not like this going to go anywhere’.  It is not like I thought the whole world was going to see it and pick it apart”

“I felt like i had the biggest ‘Kick Me; sign at my back, everyone just lining up before they even had a looked at me,” she said (Maudsley 2018).

What is “Cyber-bullying” ?

Cyber-bullying. As the term indicated, it is a bullying that happens over computerised gadgets like tablets, computers, and cell phones. Cyber-bullying can happen being online in social media, forums, or through apps, SMS and text, or even gaming where people can participate in, view, or share content.

Cyber-bullying includes sharing, sending, or posting false, mean, harmful, or negative information about another person. It can include sharing private  or personal content about another person causing humiliation or embarrassment. Not only that, some cyber-bullying crosses the line into criminal or unlawful behaviour.

Example of “Cyber-bullying”

In recent event (2018), a K-pop star named Goo Hara, a former member of the South Korea girl group called “Kara”, she was threaten by one of her former beau (Choi Jongbum) said to release a tap of their sexual activities.

According to Dispatch, the former beau (Choi Jongbum) personally contacted the media outlet to make an offer for the story, “I have a report to make about Goo Hara, Please give me a call”. 

Choi also contacted Hara on the same day with the sex tape and threatened to send the video to Dispatch, saying that he is trying to end Hara’s career as a Celebrity. 

Hara went to find her former beau, after knowing that Choi has the sex tap, begging him to delete the video and not to spread it on the internet.The CCTV at Hara’s former beau’s place captured a footage where Hara is getting down her knees begging her former beau  (May 2018).

“I discovered that video in [his] phone. I clearly erased that. It was scary. [I thought] Did he send that to Dispatch? Did he send that to [his] friends? What about a celebrity’s life? As a woman, life was… complicated,” Hara said.

“He blackmailed me with the video. For a female celebrity, is there anything scarier than this? I acknowledge the wounds that I’ve given him. I’ll receive my punishment. But what about this other wound that he’s given me? He’s a blackmailer.”

Goo Hara later on pressed charges against Choi for blackmail coercion, along with violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. of Sexual Violence Crimes (May 2018).

Conclusion

In conclusion, I think all these social media bullying, trolling, cyber bullying, or any other acts that happens on the internet that involves making another person feel bad or sad, so that the person that is doing all these feel satisfied and happy are just fun and games at first, until someone get hurts, and by the time they feel sorry, sad and try to repaint for what they have done, it is all too late. So, what I am trying to say is, if currently you’re the person that is trolling, cyber bullying, social media bullying or etc., you better stop now and think of the consequences that might happen. Imagine what would that person feel and go through when you are bullying him/her just so you think it is fun, satisfying or cause everyone is doing so i will just follow them or you are doing it for revenge, try put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel being the one bullied? Does it feel good? Ask yourself. Although, you might say that you are just trolling a little, well that is okay but always remember to never cross the line, once crossed both parties are bounded to get into trouble, I am talk about the party that being bullied, depression, phobia and worst case committing suicide and the other party, jailed, having the guilt and past of what you have done to that person will always hunt for you. My advice is always stay low, mind your own business, do not participate in negative events like Rebecca Black’s Incident or anything that will hurt another person, etc., use the internet wisely do not post any sensitive data or information about yourself as well as that allows strangers to take advantage of you or threaten you, may to take this in as follow like so and you should be fine.

Reference

Moreau, E 2018, ‘Internet Trolling: How Do You Spot a Real Troll?’, Lifewire, viewed 19 October 2018, <https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-internet-trolling-3485891>.

N.A., 2014, ‘Trolling’, Urban Dictionary, viewed 19 October 2018, <https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Trolling>.

Maudsley, D 2018, ‘Online Abused Troubled Singer Rebecca Balck For Years’, BBC.com, viewed 20 October 2018, <https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44397472>.

May, A 2018, ‘Goo Hara Sues Ex-Boyfriend For Blackmailing Her With Sex Tape’, hype, viewed 20 October 2018, <https://hype.my/2018/159889/goo-hara-sues-ex-boyfriend-for-blackmailing-her-with-sex-tape>.

[a-m-b-r-o-i-s-i-e]

“I don’t dress up for boys.I dress up to stare at my reflection as I walk by store windows.”

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Lesbian 'witches' chained and raped by families in Cameroon

Lesbian ‘witches’ chained and raped by families in Cameroon

“I didn’t see girls like everyone else – I thought it was a bad spirit that had invaded me,” [Viviane] told the Thomson Reuters Foundation with a rueful laugh by phone from France, where she sought asylum last year with her girlfriend’s help.

“So I started praying to make it go away.”

But her prayers failed. Four years later, Viviane was chained to the wall and violently raped by a man who her…

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[strengthins0lidarity]

I have no words to describe the absurdity.

[womenofdifferentfaces]

People who have experienced harassment/catcalling/etc shouldn’t be expected to share their stories. It should be in a setting that they feel comfortable. Personal stories should not be shared on the terms of the oppressor. 

I’ve been followed at the gym, catcalled at the mall, followed in the night, blatantly stared at, and have had people who were supposed to be mentors to me in the debate community make predatory remarks. Sometimes I don’t feel comfortable sharing this with people I know. People who will continue to not take feminism seriously despite how violated I’ve felt. 

To be honest it’s quite tiring have to reveal personal experiences to be taken seriously. Even then, though being harassed/catcalling is unfortunately very common, not everyone has experienced that, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. Even if it seems like a good way to shut someone up, it’s not the only way. 

There is no reason to expect a personal experience, it’s not something that is “owed” when a discussion about feminism is occurring. If anything, that is reflective of the issue itself. Recognition is not something that is obtained purely through personal connection, but rather a product of self-assessment and critical thinking about the world. If you truly want to join a moment meant to alleviate toxic standards/problematic behavior/etc , your involvement should not only be a result of knowing someone who has, unfortunately, undergone a traumatic experience, but also wanting to help recognize the stories and livelihood of those who do not have an opportunity to speak up.

Respecting those who have the courage to share their stories is obligatory. Speaking about others is what prevents open discussions about behaviors. Others’ lives is not an excuse/something you should discuss with others. If it was shared in confidence/not commonly known there is no reason for you to speak about it or bring it up to others.

Everyone starts somewhere. Becoming educated is a process. However, in order to learn you must be open to criticism and reflection upon your own perceptions and behavior and listen to those who are directly affected or simply are more engaged in critical discourse surrounding the topic. Antagonizing those who are trying to learn only furthers a divide and does not target the root of the problem. Ignorance can lead to behavior, but antagonism is not the fix. There must be productive and constructive discussion for there to be change.

*the early part of this post is from another text post that i wrote earlier in the year. this is an extension about the issue as a whole 

[womenofdifferentfaces]

As I was waiting to teach a group of kids, there were two boys who began calling to me.

“DAMN GIRL”

“Hey girl what’s up”

I refused to acknowledge their presence. Doing so would only fuel their motivation to shake me. I simply kept looking at my phone and waited for it to be time to teach.

“HEY INDIAN GIRL”

“HEY DEAF GIRL”

“why isn’t she responding? SHE MUST BE DEAF”

“HEY DEAF INDIAN GIRL”

It continued until it was time for them to leave.

I knew the two minutes that it went on for wasn’t enough to even begin to explain to them what they did wrong. I felt like there wasn’t even a winning situation. talking to them would make them feel that it was “funny” because it elicited some sort of response from me.

I didn’t encourage them, but I know the rest of society will. 

Unfortunately I’m still told to just “deal with it”.

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What are your thoughts on this?

[futuristicbasementcats]

Although it’s unfair but, i think if any ladies that came across this situation, it’s best and safe to just ignore them, just like what the lady in this blog did. It’s a waste of time to try to explain to them what is right or wrong and things might get dangerous if the lady did explain and argue with them, they might think that you’re lecturing them and hurt you.