Group action power, positive? Negative?

Group action, positive or negative...

The lost phone story from Shirky's book was very impressive.

The story showed a power of group action in social network.

I know a couple of similar stories that happened in Korea.

Such stories were recognized as problematic social issues.

Here is the story.

A woman guest in a Korean TV program mentioned,

"All men who are shorter than 180cm are losers."

I still remember what happened at that night in the Internet.

Every men Internet users got into rage. I was, too. My height is 176cm.

At that night, many Internet communities focused on who she was.

Unfortunately, Korea is too small, and smaller than FL. 

It was too easy to find her everything.

She was a university student in Korea.

Many Internet users found her name, her school, her address, what she have done before, and share the information all about her with many Internet communities.

Some Internet users, who go to the same university with her, share some stories about her with others.

She was branded as all men's enemy.

I remember that the story happended a couple of years ago.

But still most of Korean Interent users never forget her.

She branded most of Korean men as 'losers'.

And most Korean men branded her as 'enemy of men'.

Very fortunately,

I found a English article about the story in Korean Herald.

If you are interested in the story, please read this link.

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20091113000032

A college student is in hot water as her "short men are losers" statement on a local television show is spreading all over the internet community.
Lee Do-kyung, a Hongik University student, appeared on a popular KBS TV show "Misuda," or "Chatting with Beauties" on Monday and said, "I don`t like short men. Height is competitiveness these days, and I think short men are losers. Men should at least be 180 cm tall."
Hurt and angry, Korean internet users began to criticize her online immediately, and decided to take another step: "googling" her.
Before noon the next day, all her personal information including her homepage address, graduation photos, and her frequently used internet ID were posted on numerous websites.

Internet users tracked down the trails of her internet ID. Her past activities online such as the questions she posted on her university`s website about scholarships, the ones she posted on luxury brand shopping websites and plastic surgery websites were all quickly disclosed.
Internet users made a caricature of her words by creating parodied photos. For instance, "Who is Lee Do-kyung?" is written on top of a poster of the movie "The Lord of the Rings" where hobbits pose holding swords, and also on top of a portrait of Napoleon.
Some even wrote that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who happens to be short, got furious about Lee`s "loser" statement and ordered Tuesdays` naval clash between the two Koreas.
New words appeared as well, such as "Tom Closer," "Loserleon," or "Wayne Loser," each referring to Tom Cruise, Napoleon and Wayne Rooney, celebrities or historical figures who are shorter than 180 cm.
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Later on the same day, Lee`s every action started to be broadcast live over the internet. Students at her university seemed to be keeping a close eye on her as websites were flooded with anonymous eye witness accounts on Lee. Anonymous rumors about her and even comments about the situation from some self-claimed friends of hers quickly spread online.
As the situation seemed to be getting serious, some internet users started reflecting on their own behavior, saying that they do not have the right to do surveillance on other people, and that they should stop.
"Internet users themselves are feeling burdened as the situation becomes uncontrollable," said Jeong Hyun-min, a researcher at the National Information Society Agency.
Meanwhile, a weird consequence of her comments is that some celebrities were suddenly praised on the internet for their past comments about men`s height. Attention is especially focused on Hyun-ah, a member of the girl group "Four Minute," whose recent appearance on a radio show where she talked about her ideal boyfriend is spreading online.
"I hope he is shorter than 173 cm. About 170 cm would be great," she said.


(claire@heraldcorp.com)



By Park Min-young

Subscribtion in YOUTUBE.COM

Today I would like to tell you about Youtube.com, specifically 'subscribe'.

I thought that Youtube.com is just a website for finding and watching some videos I want to see.
Yes, I was totally a consumer in Youtube.com, and I am still.
However, these days, I use a function 'subscribe' in Youtube.com

Here is my story.
Recently, I study 'mobile application development' by myself.
I bought a big book about iOS development.
Or sometimes I watch video lectures from iTunes.
The lectures were for distance students, so it was really hard to find stuffs that I really want to see.
Thus, I was trying to find videos that I really want to see in Youtube.com.
When I enter a keyword 'Xcode tutorial' in a search bar, many video lists came out.
(*Xcode is an application development software for iOS).
The long video list made me confused. Some videos have good qualities, whereas others are bad.
I needed a kind of well-organized tutorial videos.

I was trying to find some user who periodically upload good videos.
As a result, I found one.

This is a screenshot that captured my Youtube.com account's page.
I am a subscriber of 'Rodsitvideo'.
He is an old guy, but he is so enthusiastic. His videos were well-organized.
Every video's running time is not long, so it makes me comfortable to watch each video.
He designed his video tutorial in small units for beginner developers.
I love his learning design.

If you start to learn something my yourself, it is helpful to find someone who has well-designed video lists for your need. Subscribe them!

Twitter: Why I do not use Twitter..

I remember that Twitter was introduced in Korea around 2010. (actually I am not sure)
My first smartphone was iPhone 3GS in 2010, so I was trying to use Twitter on my phone.
However, I gave up using it because Twitter was kind of difficult for me.
Difficulty of use was not a major reason.
The major reason was that my friends were rarely interested in any social networks.
Interestingly, most of my best friends do not use Facebook. (They are 28 years old)
Again, I gave up using Twitter because I have no friends who use Twitter.
In other word, I need someone who follows me.
I want to show what I am saying to others. I want to interact with others (specifically with friends)
If nobody follows me, my words are like trashes.
Unfortunately, my Korean friends never use Twitter.
They are kind of outsiders in social network world..

Week1 Prompt

I can say that I am in intermediate level in using social media.

I am from Korea, and I remember that I had been using a kind of social network 'Damoim' since my middle school.
Damoim is like a MySpace. I used to find a girl's Damoim account who I am interested in. Then, 'CyWorld', which is a new generation of Korean version of MySpace, was getting popular, I had been using CyWorld from 2004-2009.
Then, Facebook was getting popular in Korea, probably from 2009, and I started to use Facebook. Now I am an active user of Facebook. I believe that Facebook is a great tool to interact with my American friends for me.

 <Damoim>

*Damoim means "meeting altogether" in Korean meaning

<Cyworld>

*Cyworld means "relationship world" in Korean meaning

In addition, I used to do my blog. My blog topic was Hiphop Music. I wrote semi-professional columns about Korean Hiphop scene. Then, some people who are interested in the topic found my blog via searching, so I made some online friends who I never met F2F. But I no longer use my blog.

Now I am not sure specifically what kinds of technologies are involved in Web 2.0 category. However, I think I am definitely an intermediate level user in Web 2.0. Also, I am not a leader. I think that I am a follower or consumer. I do not use Twitter, Flicker, Blog, etc. In terms of Facebook, I prefer seeing friends' status to writing my status.

I hope that Web2.0 class will cover various Web2.0 technologies as many as possible. I am ready to get into the Web2.0 world! I am still feeling that I am a kind of outsider in whole Web2.0 world although I use Facebook.

First post: Welcome to Taehyeong's blog

Hello everyone!

I am Taehyeong Lim, and this is my blog which is made for Web 2.0 class.

You guys are probably curious about the title, "Lyricistation.com", so let me explain.
When I dreamed to be a musician in my middle school, I used to compose music or write lyrics.
So "Lyricist" became my nickname in an amateur Korean Hiphop scene.
Frankly speaking, I was an amateur musician in Korean Hiphop scene.

Lyricistation is a compound word between Lyricist and Station.
Station refers to a kind of archive which stores my stuffs about anythings.
Actually, I have my own homepage which is titled as Lyricistation.com,
you may probably find Lyricistation.com.