Timely diaristic posts function as bids for social response rather than crafted prose

Evidence

Just as the webcam delivers by-the-moment images of varying quality, ‘snapshot writing’ has more to do with timeliness than with craft. Most snapshot writing consists of quotidian remarks like, “This chicken salad I am eating is gross.” Other times, a quick entry such as “I hate myself” hints at a desire for conversation with—or intervention by—others. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 170

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Most social media posts function as phatic communication meant to maintain bonds — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 562; Response presence can sustain intersubjective social forms across global distances — Karin Knorr Cetina & Urs Bruegger, Global Microstructures: The Virtual…, 33; Comment sections are governed by a host-guest logic of reciprocal obligation — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2362 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Most social media posts function as phatic communication meant to maintain bonds #expands (0.82) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 562
• Response presence can sustain intersubjective social forms across global distances #complicates (0.75) — Karin Knorr Cetina & Urs Bruegger, Global Microstructures, 33