control

(represented by the website function)

In Instagram, for example, sounds don’t play automatically along with videos. So when you want to present others your sound piece, it’s different than in the physical world that you have the control to send the sound wave travel though space.

comments (all types)

(discussed in the sound content)

Because there’s no limitation of distance, one may get vast amount of comments from all kinds of people. Often times, we may think the aggressive contents are the ones that hurt people and should not be sent online. But actually, people could feel offended or frustrated also by something that are not commonly considered as negative because of the different backgrounds different people have.

So what could we do from both the sender and the receiver?

Bandwagon effect

(discussed by the website function)

In my work, only two people playing could make everyone hear the sound.