Hater and trolls (activity a)

 

 

 

  Basically trolls are people online targeting people to bully for the fun of it. Trolls make peoples life miserable, sometimes they just decide to make one persons life miserable then another. Sometimes trolls are people taking their anger out on other people. Other times there just doing it for the fun of it. Most of the time trolls target sites that have just resently lost someone. How horrible is that? Imagine losing someone and someone is bullying you for it. That's basically what trolls are and what they do.


Sources: common sense media

 

Haters and Trolls

 

 

 

  1. Why might people turn to social-networking sites to mourn the loss of a friend, family member , or community member? How might public grieving online help people through a tough time such as this?

 

  People might do that because they might of lost someone and they are probably taking their anger out on other people.

 

 2. Put yourself in the shoes of someone trolling a memorial page. What are your motives? What are you hoping will happen after you post something insensitive or offensive.

 

  That they will feel horrible and never stop crying. They would never ever get over what happened.

 

 3. People may feel that its easier to say or do things online than in person. In what ways might this be good thing? In what way might this be a bad thing?

 

  This might be a good thing because when someone says something mean and horrible to your face it makes it kind of worse than you reading it. Either way is bad though you should never say something horrible to anyone.

 

 4.Theres a common saying online: " don't feed the trolls" (meaning don't react to trolls, because that's what they want). Do you think people should ignore and report trolls on memorial pages? If people don't, what might happen?

 

 I think people should because what trolls do is horrible and they need to be shut down. If people don't its just going to get worse.

 

 5. Have you ever read a social-network sites statement of rights and responsibilities? If so, what do you remember about it? If not what do you think it addresses?(then go check one out)

 

 I have read one before and it was really hard to read because of the horrible things trolls say to these people that have recently lost someone.

 

 6. Facebook mentioned "self-regulating" in its statement to ABC news, and then it talked about the tools and resources it gives users. What do you think about this? What would social networks be like if users didn't get to regulate content?

 I think its bad that trolls resources are peoples posts. If people didn't post anything there wouldn't be any trolls because that's what they feed on.

 

Haters and Trolls

 

 

  The biggest takeaway got from this video was. That people target people just say so many rude and horrible things.

 

Video A

 

 

 1. What do you think about the real-world objects ( for example, a sliding lock, a typewriter, and traffic light colors)that inspired the iphones interface? Do you think people noticed these everyday references?

 

 I like the real-world objects, because we are used to them so it wouldn't be hard to get used to the phone. People probably didn't notice, because like I said we are so used to everyday things that we wouldn't noticed.

 

 2. Why do you think Apple chose to reference physical objects more literally in the iphone (for example, with a book shelf, a calendar, and a tape deck)?

 

 Apple chose to do that so the phone wouldn't be confusing when we are on it. We are used to everyday things, so it wouldn't be hard to get used to your phone.

 

3. Can you think of any other real-world objects that digital products would benefit from mimicking?

   They make apps that are like real-world things. For example there's a fifa world cup so they made an app for it.

4. Do you think its ok for companies to copy the look or feel of other companies products when making their own devices

 I don't think its ok because if it takes years for a company to make this great product and someone just copies it and I was working for the company I would be pretty mad.

 5. What do you think about ios 7 simplified, flatter, more iconic look? Why do you think this look became popular? Who decides what's popular and what's not?

 I  personally like the ios 7 update it looks nicer and more advanced and that's why it probably got popular. Famous people are probably the people who decide if something's going to popular.

6. The filmmaker and narrator, Kirby, says, " perhaps its not fair for us to except surprise and delight from smartphones anymore. Perhaps, for that, we need a new frontier- a new blank slate." Do you agree? What do you envision?

 I don't agree smart phones are very helpful. For example say you don't know what something is, you can quickly look it up. Smart phones will always be popular unless something way bigger and better comes.



 

Copy-Paste Culture

 

 

 

    The biggest takeaway I got from this video was. That no one makes their own things, they are all copied from other people. They were just changed in a different way.

 

Movers and Shakers Video B

 

 

 

 1. Take a look at the tweets from @westhighbros. What kinds of compliments do you see?

  I saw very nice and encouraging tweets that would make people feel better. The tweets that the @westhighbros sends would defiantly make someone's day.

2. @westhighbros became popular by the word or mouth . How do you think something like this caught on? Why do you think such "communities of kindness" are growing in popularity?

 I think this caught on by people that have been bullied. Lots of people get bullied everyday. Its not just some people that get bullied everyone gets bullied. Even popular kid get bullied, so that's how it probably spread throughout the school.

3. Jeremiah says so many people get cyberbullied online because " they're less than perfect". Do you agree? Do you think there is a definition of "perfect"?

 No, I do not agree no one is perfect everyone is unique in their own way. If there is a definition of perfect, there should be. There is no such thing as perfect.

4. What do you think about the first tweet listed here? It says, " You don't need an anonymous twitter account to give people compliments." Do you think being anonymous makes it easier to give someone a sincere compliment? Does the anonymity change the impact of the compliment at all.

 I think its better to be anonymous because if someone, someone doesn't like they probably wouldn't believe them. It would probably make it easier to be anonymous. The impact of the compliment would probably change because like I said before if someone doesn't like someone they probably wouldn't believe them.

5. Take a look at Ally's message to Westhigh Bros. Have you ever thanked someone for and act of kindness? How important is it for people to show their appreciation for others good deeds?


Yes, I have thanked someone for doing a good deed. Its pretty important for people to appreciate good deeds, because if you don't there's no point for people to do good deeds.

6. Have you ever had a cyberbulling-prevention assembly, discussion, or lesson at your school? How did it compare to a peer-to-peer initiative such as this?

 Yes, we have had an assembly for cyberbullying at our school. They compare because they are both about how bad cyberbulling is.




 

Movers and Shakers

 The biggest takeaway from the video was. That girls on magazines aren't imaged the way they are, they are changed. Magazines change the way girls look, they might change the way they look or there body structure to make them look better. That was the biggest takeaway from the video.