Snapza

http://snapza.com/?invite=8142/

This is a site where users are asked to post pictures of themselves and also follow other users of the site. I thought it was interesting because it is a supposedly "invite only" site, yet upon my first visit to the site there was a congratulatory banner at the top of the screen saying that I have received an invite to join to post pictures of myself as well. I thought this was interesting because it made the site seem exclusive because you could only post if you were invited, but really everyone is invited so the seeming exclusivity is completely moot. I also thought maybe the creators of the site were trying to make it seem more private because people are posting pictures of themselves, and they might feel more comfortable if they think only certain people can post on the site, not just any random person on the internet. I also thought this was a little ironic because people definitely feel more at ease if they feel there is privacy to something, but really in this case they are lured into a false sense of security because everyone is invited to the site. Also, I think it is funny when people are concerned about privacy online, because really if people try hard enough they can find anything online, regardless of privacy or privacy settings. Overall, I thought this site was an interesting mix of private and public domains that lured people into a false sense of security in order to use it.


Katherine Franz
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