A list of Communication Method:
Scenario to communicate | Method | WHat data is available | Who has access of the data | What can be learned from the data in aggregate | Why u choose this method |
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Breaking up with somebody | F t F | No one other than to of us(normally) | He/She and I | Data can't be aggragated by people other than us | b/c it is more formal and easier to fail |
Asking permission to do sth likely to be rejected | The message u sent/recalled/deleted | Tencent? | What do u want to | When u are creating a lie, wechat is easier than realtime communication | |
Inform a friend/s to go to movie | Calling | What u said to ur friend/s | Government? | What movie u are into? | Ur friends may not be online that moment |
Gossiping someone around u | Personal Wechat Conversation | The gossip | Tencent? again?! | The kind of gossip u r interested in? | Because it's not really possible for person u r gossiping abt to hear |
Gossip abt someone famous/not around u | Instagram/Wechat moment | What u said abt the gossip | Every Ins user/ur wechat friends and Tencent? | same with the upper cel | It is not formal and a good for entertainment |
Getting Help on Homework | Wechat Group | What u asked | Tencent and ur friend | In a group, there would be more than one qualified person who could answer my question/s | |
Feed back on a big/important decision | Wechat moment | What are u going to decide | Tencent and ur wechat friends | People usually take moments more seriously than Ins or group chat | |
Announce u met someone famous | Instagram with corresponding tags | Whom u met | Every ins user | Where u currently r | To let more people know! |
Complain abt ur Parent | Ins | What r u currently been under | Every Ins user | What ur family would be like | They don't use Instagram... |
Mourn someone u lose | To myself | Whom u r mourning | No one except myself | --- | Because the best mourn is silence |
Buy sth from sb u don't know well | Taobao | What are u buying | Ali | What's ur interest | Because Taobao is a guarantee that the seller won't disappear when they received the money |