{"id":5522,"date":"2017-11-19T10:35:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T18:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2017-11-19T10:35:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T18:35:53","slug":"choosing-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2017\/11\/choosing-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing the Right Social Media for the Right Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When social media was fresh and new, our world grew smaller.\u00a0 We could now have momentary chit-chats with friends around the world throughout the day.\u00a0 We could share pictures of the momentous occasions and the small moments that shape our lives.\u00a0 I hopped on the FaceBook bandwagon in 2009 and have spent nearly a decade sharing my work with like-minded folks from around the globe.<\/p>\n

Social Media Choices<\/h3>\n

Now, I find myself bombarded with options.\u00a0 I meet people who “gave up” on Facebook, or who won’t try Instagram because it looks “too fluffy.”\u00a0 Many people just find a digital home and hang out there, like some of my friends who are still into the artsier Tumblr.\u00a0 The truth is not everyone is in the same digital spaces and some folks have never really participated in social media at all.\u00a0Some moments, I feel like I’ve tried them all!\u00a0 It’s not true, there are many more social media outlets than I would have time to use.<\/p>\n

Instagram:\u00a0https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/davinadevine\/<\/a>
\nFaceBook Group:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/StudioDavina\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Video on Social Media<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As I move into a more video-based sharing mode, I find myself documenting projects via Instagram Stories.\u00a0 That software platform has made it so easy for me to effortlessly pick up my cell-phone and make a 15-second video snippet.\u00a0 Instagram Stories, however, disappears\u00a0after 24 hours, so as a documentarian, I find this a frustrating feature.\u00a0 Throughout the past months, I’ve experimented with the format, using Instagram stories to put together longer videos, but I think this kind of video feels stilted, falling completely flat.\u00a0 It’s a video montage, in a vertical orientation that gets cropped into horizontal or has big black bars on either side.\u00a0 I’ve tried making Facebook Live videos as well, but find the quality is lower due to their own compression algorithms so they look very different when collaged into video with clips from other sources.<\/p>\n