Blog # 2

The blog I view daily is Hypebeast. It's more of a online magazine if you will, but I feel like it can be considered a blog as people read what others have posted and comment on the article and share their views. The particular blog I looked at is showing the yacht of Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple that passed away last year.

The posters on this blog are regular people like all of us, making an account is free on Hypebeast and anyone can post. The thing I like about this site is it has so many different things on it that interest so many different people. When others comment on a post it is usually because they are interested in the post not just for the sake of posting. In this particular post it just seems like most people are your average everyday citizens. So many people have Apple products, so its funny when people make fun of the yacht in a way Apple users understand. Kind of like an inside joke to the Apple world. Like this:

The commenter is poking fun at how every time a new Apple product is released they just change the size and make it sound so amazing. And you can see the arrows pointing up and down, thats kind of like a thumbs down thumbs up deal. Others that like your comment can give you an up or down. Another thing I like about Hypebeast is that when you comment on another persons post it makes it very easy to track your comments and theirs, so that you can easily see what others are saying in response to your comment. Here's an example:

So you can see that with the indents it is very easy to follow along in an ongoing conversation. If somebody agrees or disagrees with you, they don't always start a viral riot instead they can simply like or dislike your comment. However, sometimes a full on comment war does break lose!

Thanks for reading!

Here's a link to the article.

http://hypebeast.com/2012/10/steve-jobs-yacht-venus-makes-its-first-appearance/