Blog 5: Diasporas Online.

Diasporas are historical processes (Kuttainen, 2015), the movement of the population from its homeland, and to my understanding also the movement of an online social networking community to another online social networking site. Gabriel Sheffer (2005 p.39) talks about the Typologies of Diasporas, the classical, the veteran and new newly born Diasporas. It’s easy to only think of Diasporas as being present offline when in fact it is also present online.A good example of online Diasporas can be seen with Facebook users coming from Hotmail, when signing up to Facebook you are given the option to directly find your friends from Hotmail and connect with them via Facebook. This process of relocation was positive an option to do so, not a forced decision due to unreasonable circumstances. Taking a closer look at online networks.In 2013 Tumblr was put in the position of deciding weather to stay and accept the change of the social networking site, or to leave and find another place for uncensored self-expression. Tumblr is still an active site and the community accepted the changes, but continues to complain about them to this day. A big reason to this absents of relocation by Tumblr users in 2013 could be due to the lack of greener pastures and a better place to go.

A more recent and ongoing occurrence of relocation can be seen with Facebook regarding social networking sites like Instagram. The marketing battle is causing the communities to slowly drift from one social networking site to the other and causing the community to be o the constant look out for the next and the best place to connect express and share with the people they care about. Referencing:Kuttainen, V. (2015). BA1002: Space: Networks, Narratives, and the making of place, week 7 notes[PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au Ma Mung, E. (2005). ‘Diaspora, spatiality, identities’. In Comparative European research in migration, diversity and identities. Retrieved from https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au Image:

Rappler Social Media Team, (2013) The best Tumblr moments of 2013 Retrieved: http://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/45797-best-tumblr-moments-2013