The Cure for Boredom
These two websites probably consume half of my day altogether. However, these were not my initial choice of websites. At first, I chose Google and Youtube to be my primary sites that I would write about because I use them on the computer most frequently. Nevertheless, I was not permitted to write about them because they are considered to be too well known or "big-name" sites. So, I selected iFunny and Pandora because they are hopefully not "big-name" and are literally the only other two sites I find amusement in using
iFunny is a site I go on everyday as soon as a wake up and around six o'clock pm. It is a site where an individual can create and browse through a variety of memes, gifs, comics, funny pictures, videos, etc. I go on at these allotted time periods because they reveal 20 funny or witty features, which are the memes, gifs, etc, around these times that makes me feel amused. It's like my coffee every morning because the joy iFunny gives me, gives me enough energy to want to get up.
Pandora is another site that I utilize daily. It is a site where the user can search his or her favorite artist or genre; and the site will generate a playlist of that artist/genre and artists alike. Because I am to lazy to download music onto my iPhone, this website is perfect because it lets me listen to any type of music I want at any given time, as long as I have internet connection. It also assists in helping me discover artists that I have not listened to customarily.
iFunny is a site I go on everyday as soon as a wake up and around six o'clock pm. It is a site where an individual can create and browse through a variety of memes, gifs, comics, funny pictures, videos, etc. I go on at these allotted time periods because they reveal 20 funny or witty features, which are the memes, gifs, etc, around these times that makes me feel amused. It's like my coffee every morning because the joy iFunny gives me, gives me enough energy to want to get up.
Pandora is another site that I utilize daily. It is a site where the user can search his or her favorite artist or genre; and the site will generate a playlist of that artist/genre and artists alike. Because I am to lazy to download music onto my iPhone, this website is perfect because it lets me listen to any type of music I want at any given time, as long as I have internet connection. It also assists in helping me discover artists that I have not listened to customarily.
iFunnyThe purpose of iFunny is to entertain individuals by way of building a community that creates funny and relatable memes, gifs, and videos for everyone. This website works to entertain people of all ages, races, genders, etc. Even my father sometimes uses iFunny. Because people are able to post there own funny/interesting ideas, it makes iFunny more diverse and intriguing to browse though. It doesn't offer to sell anything itself except for the users who use it to do so or adds it promotes on the bottom of the site. At 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., 20 features are released which are usually the best posts of that time period. Many iFunny users try to make funny posts to be one of these featured posts making iFunny somewhat competitive. iFunny does not really have a centralized cause. The main ideas that are irrefutable on their site is that bacon and nutella are like vital to their survival. They usually make fun of political issues like Kim Jong-Un's attempt to develop nuclear technology and the government shutdown. This website doesn't attempt to recruit anybody else to it's site, but the users revere anyone whom the see that uses it in public. This website is like my main source of news because they do poke jokes on world issues and i read about it on their site. By adding captions to images , the site is able to convey more.
The logo for iFunny is and always has been a smiley face. This is because that is what the creators of this site intentions were, to make people smile after using it. They even introduced the smile as a like button as facebook has. It works with the site because most people do smile after operating it. The background of this site is white and black. These colors are chosen to divert the users attention straight to the post that is on the page so that there are no distractions. The authors of this site are actually conveyed as monkeys by the users because they can be hypothetically bribed with bananas to acquire features. In the end, the users become the real authors of the site, because only their ideas are conveyed. The creators of the site only choose the features, adds, and make sure there is nothing too explicit on the site. They are pretty lenient and have a good sense of humor. Various features of this site include being able to subscribe to other users, the smile (like) button, comment section, and post generator (create your own posts). I think mainly kids with the age of 18 years and younger use this site. I can tell this in the comment section based upon the knowledge perception of some users when intelligent posts occur. However there are older users as well. This site also offers Youtube links to present funny videos. It fits with the purpose of this site because a fair amount of the time the videos are funny or cool. |
PandoraThe purpose of Pandora is to entertain individuals by way of giving users the ability to browse through such a vast library of music.This website works to entertain people of all ages, races, genders, etc. because it contains a variety of genres which can span from classical Beethoven to hardcore screamo music. Even my father sometimes uses Pandora. Because of the vast library of music with Pandora's ability to create radio stations for that category of music; it makes Pandora a fun and easy website to explore. Pandora does not offer to sell anything itself except for the adds it promotes in between every couple of songs. Also, because this site is free, it makes at more accessible to a vast majority of people. With a Pandora account, a user is able to add artists/ genre stations that they like and "like" songs that they listen to which will allow Pandora to shape each music stations upcoming song based on their past. Pandora's centralized cause is to allow people to use its site and listen to their favorite type of music and more. Pandora is how I keep up to date on music trends that i like at the time. Without Pandora I would not know or have started to listen to a lot of artists that i do now.
The logo for pandora is a "p". This is because simply that is their name, brand, and company that they are promoting. There is no hidden message behind their logo it's just simply their name. It works well with their site because it emphasizes that Pandora is simple like a P but has so much music it's like opening "Pandora's box" when using it because there is so much to experience. The background of the site on pandora is blue to dark blue and almost appears to be like bubbles in a large ocean. This in my opinion can represent how Pandora has so much possibilities of music that it's so vast like the ocean.The authors on this site have a subtle opinion in how their site works. Whenever a user of the site tries to skip to many songs within an allotted time period, the user is prohibited from doing so and the creators are apologetic and say that the user should try pick a different station like their artist or genre so that they can browse more freely. This shows that the creators are also unhappy with copyright issues and they want their users to have a good experience whie using their website. In the end, the users become the real creators of this site because it is their music that they are choosing to create stations for. Various features of this site include being to create stations by searching artists or genres, liking or disliking songs as they come on, and having lyrics and station details attached to every song. Because of these features, it makes Pandora an extremely easy site to navigate and utilize to listen to music and individual likes. |
As I said before I love both of these sites because I use them 3rd and 4th most frequently. I funny offers me temporary smiles and pandora gives me music to last 3 life times. I funny's design showed me that a website can be extremely simple as long as it is easy to maneuver and has an entertaining base. Pandora's design showed me that it's okay to be simple but there should be a hidden message to emphasize the purpose of the website.The thing that both of these websites possess is the simplicity in how to navigate the site. I like that iFunny is more based on the communities contribution and how in Pandora the user basically