Blog Post 11/9

The article about Snapchat definitely interested me. I think I understand about Snapchat can shape someone’s memory. I have had Snapchat conversations (and fights) with people and forget what the other person said, so I have to guess or make it up. I feel like if I’m in an argument with someone over Snapchat and I forget what they said, I would potentially assume that they said something negative, perhaps to strengthen my points and to call them out. I am changing the events of the conversation to benefit me, since the other person can’t find evidence of what they said.

There is also a huge double standard between men and women on these apps, too. I feel like girls are sexualized on there in any situation/picture, whereas guys typically are not. Additionally, I think that if a guy sends a sexually provocative picture, nothing really happens, but if a woman does it, she gets harassed and berated (not just on social media, but in real life as well).