‘Check In’- We are not lost, we are here.

When people use social platform to communicate with each other, while they are more likely to use ‘Check-in” function to locate themselves, and let other people know where are they, and which places have they been to?  This situation is not only happens in one specific country, but it exits all over the world.

Whatever when i use Weibo in China or Facebook in UK, i just realised most of my friends like to use this function.

Do they really afraid of lose in somewhere, so they just let others to know where are they in any time? We do not deny this answer completely, because it may the real reason for some people. But i think the important reason for most people is they just want other people to know where they have been and show their personalities.

Such as if you go shopping in some special places, then what you want people know is about what are you actually doing, and which kind of place you choose to shopping. The same as when you eating in some good restaurants, when you let people the place, you always will get more comments about the restaurants and also to the food.

The other important reason for some people is they indeed want to use ‘Check-in’ function to record their daily life. Therefore, even many years passed, when you go back to look at your past life, you can know which places you have been to and what were you doing at that moment. It will remind people some good experience.

So no matter what is the reason for you to use ‘Check-in’ function, there is one thing undeniable that the use of new media does make people’s lives more enjoyable. That