In general I’d say the tone of the forum is very friendly, with honest advice being given and sensitive topics being dealt with in an appropriate manner, it seems like everyone is just trying to help one another in the best way they can. There are few disagreements and even if someone does disagree they will not express their opinion in a dismissive or deprecating way. For example, one user, BibbityBob in a thread asking for advice about whether a dress suits another user replied saying,
“I bought this about a week ago and returned it - it was just on the too short side for me (and that's unusual ) but I thought that the cut out at the back made it look cheap and the fit wasn't all that great. Just my opinion though! If you're happy with the length there's no reason why you shouldn't keep it.”Here although she doesn’t like the dress she still makes the post positive by saying that as long as she felt comfortable in it, it was nice.
People tend to present themselves as ‘savvy shoppers’, often talking about the latest bargains they have found and recommending places to get fashion bargains, for example, robbysgirl posts saying that she’s brought,
"A waistcoat from Karen Millen reduced from £99 to £9.95!! also a Karen Millen embroided cardigan from ebay for £18”I would say that the content of the site definitely influences the kind of communication which takes place as the majority of it seems to be recommendations, which is what the site is mainly prioritises itself with in terms of exchanging recommended brands of make up or styles of clothing etc.
Good site choice and thoughtful post.
ReplyDeleteTry to include a functioning url, so folks can go there at a mouse click (see my forum post this week about how to get a functioning url)
Otherwise great -but try to take on board the sorts of questions suggested by this week's lecture and Blanchard et al.