Friday, July 31, 2015

Cultural differences on social media

Do you think there are culture differences on social media among different countries?

Yes. For example, Asian people are fans of male stars look like this:


and this:


I think most of American won't be obsessed by them.

Some people think that there are cultural differences in how people want to meet
why Facebook will not rule the world is among different countries. For instance, "In Australia and the US, most of us grew up with a sense of comfort in who we are, but we're lucky that way," says Steven Goh, co-founder of social network Migme. "In Indonesia, the Middle East, parts of Asia, it's not the same and they want to be able to play online without it having real world ramifications. So we let them create a virtual identity, which is very important for our users."

And thus we see the two new social media based on the belief: Migme and GetYou. Different from Facebook, Migme allows people to use names (rather than real names) or avatars they like and GetYou users are encouraged to meet new people rather than people they already know.

In China, most of people like to use screen names rather than real name, but at the same time they like to have official authentication by Sina Weibo. Most of social media in both China and America do allow users have options to choose to use real or screen names.

Also, in my opinion, GetYou will not be popular in China because most of people are on the alert of fraud.

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