Today in class we assembled into our interest groups and discussed the different people we follow on Twitter. The purpose of this was to add people to our lists that would eventually go on Storify. The first thing I realized is that I only followed people in the class. Although following them made me feel apart of a community I needed to increase the number of people I follow to reap the full benefits of Twitter. I stopped my self from following many people at random. My goal was to learn from the people I follow and take away something meaningful. In this case quality is better than quantity. The first person I decided to follow was Michelle Obama. I followed her because she is an iconic figure in our country and she is constantly providing new content that is not always related to politics. Some posts involve health and community service. Another thing she focuses on is how we can help the children and also improve their health and their overall lifestyle. The next group of people I decided to follow were authors of articles we have read and discussed in class. Most of them are heavily engaged in the online community. Hopefully they will reply if I talk to them. The next group of people I followed reflected my own personal interest. It gave me a way to personalize my Twitter and it made it feel like less of an assignment. I know that I can learn from all of the people I follow and that gives me a sense of pride knowing I am using twitter in a meaningful way. Now I pray that some of them follow me back!
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We had very similar reflections this week on our blog post after meeting in our interest group about Twitter. It's nice to see how a class mate is thinking about something, in this case Twitter, in a similar way to myself. Thank you!
I really liked gathering this week and talking about who we follow. It helped me find some new people and also we all got to reflect on how Twitter is for each of us. I'm starting to like my Twitter more and more. Michelle Obama's Twitter is amazing, probably my favorite account so far. I also liked the picture you included, I'm trying to include more images in my posts. Nice job!
How I wish Michelle Obama followed me back on Twitter... It was nice reading your blog and realizing how similar my situation was. I barely followed anybody. Basically classmates and artists that I really liked. But creating a Storify feed and lists on Twitter made me learn so much about how much I can actually take away from Twitter and how many advantages it has.
Thank you!
Sweet Post Zeke2Fresh! I think it is great you have made an effort to make a diverse list of people you follow. It is great for getting different perspectives and getting information from area you may not be familiar with. I'm excited to see where this takes you!
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