TRUMPS INSTAGRAM POST
For anyone who may be living under a
rock, and is unaware that recently the New Hampshire the presidential primary’s
were held. The results... Trump
and Sanders winning by a land slide. Within hours of the results being
tallied, and Trump and Sanders being declared the winners, social media and in
particular the comments section were blowing up. I will discus some of
the comments on a simple picture Trump posted on Instagram saying thank you to
those who voted for him, in the caption.
Scatter throughout the thousands of
user comments on Trumps post are some of the different ways people approach
commenting on a post. People will be motivated or compelled to comment on
something for many different reason I will use some example to illustrate the
main reason.
1. Support- Many people will be
compelled to comment on something they support by acting as cheerleaders
praising the person or idea being depicted. Cheering has no negative part
to it is a simple statement of support.
-EX:
farder54-"@c_magic311 Big Don I thank you so very much for winning yesterday..."
2.Opposition- Have you ever just seen
or heard something that compelled you do something about it. To some people the mere sight on Donald Trump
compels them to voice their opposition to him and his ideas, albeit not always
in a smart manner. A lot of the times
opposition is displayed by not just directing opposition at the person or idea
but to everyone who may support that idea, making broad generalization. A lot of the times the user that post these
type of comments in real life would never have the courage to say what they
type.
-EX:obnoxious.jay "Kill yourself"
3. Commenter v. Commenter- These type
of comments are not fueled by what the post is actually about... they are fueled
by what commenter have already said. The
same sentiments can be invoked from comments as the original post, sentiment of
support and opposition. Usually
opposition is what drives the war of words that is the comments section, often
inappropriate and demining language is used.
-EX:
Sawyer2636 @fueled_by_ryden “It’s funny how trump haters are mainly sexually confused teens illegal aliens,
foreigners, and liberal with severe mental
issues. None can vote and all are
irrelevant”
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tylersaurus
@sawyer2636 “it’s funny how Trump supporter make sweeping generalization and assume that their
perception of reality is the absolute truth.”
These different ways of commenting on a
post albeit on Instagram, Facebook or some sort of news article are usefully
vary demining and aggressive. The reason
behind people’s poor Internet behavior is because there is nothing personal at
stake. You do not have to look you
opponent in the eye and say it; you can hide behind a shield that is the Internet. You do not face the consequence of voicing
these brazen and base comments online as you would in a personnel setting, as
say our CAS 138T classroom. People are
free to be polarized and not worry about offending anyone because they are
detached.
For many the comment sections are
simply a necessary evil that goes along with most media post that can be viewed
commodiously, but to some they consume and can actually hurt people. When typing something online you should think
to yourself, would I want my mother to read this... ? The old saying the type
of person you are is determined by how you act when nobody you know is
watching. If that saying rings true for
acts on the Internet then there are a lot of immoral characters on the Internet.
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