Good stuff. Not that it’s the most important takeaway, but I was thinking about this: "Visual posts got the most hearts, but the least comments comparatively”. I wonder if people just don’t know what to say about an image, other than ‘I like’ or ‘meh’. It takes a more developed visual literacy to have that vocabulary. As a former photo teacher, that’s something we worked on in critiques, what do you see and what can you say about it?
It also got me thinking about interaction I’ve seen on other platforms, especially as I’m massively reconfiguring which ones I use and how. I realized the best quality of engagement I get is on Medium. To long-form words with big photos. People say things about both that I rarely see elsewhere. Meaning not only do they take the time to read a longer piece (say a 4-8 min read on average) and respond to that, but make thoughtful comments about the photos.
Good stuff. Not that it’s the most important takeaway, but I was thinking about this: "Visual posts got the most hearts, but the least comments comparatively”. I wonder if people just don’t know what to say about an image, other than ‘I like’ or ‘meh’. It takes a more developed visual literacy to have that vocabulary. As a former photo teacher, that’s something we worked on in critiques, what do you see and what can you say about it?
It also got me thinking about interaction I’ve seen on other platforms, especially as I’m massively reconfiguring which ones I use and how. I realized the best quality of engagement I get is on Medium. To long-form words with big photos. People say things about both that I rarely see elsewhere. Meaning not only do they take the time to read a longer piece (say a 4-8 min read on average) and respond to that, but make thoughtful comments about the photos.
I could see that about Medium. They’ve always put an emphasis on comments. I like that you can comment on specific phrases too.
And you might be right about the lack of knowing what to say when someone posts an only.