My first encounter with twitter was back in 2009. I had just started college and the school newspaper had a music review section. They just launched the column's Twitter account and were looking to accumulate followers. They advertised that they were giving away two weekend passes to an upcoming three day, camping music festival that I was already planning to attend. All you had to do was send them a tweet and you would be entered for a chance to win.
I created the account, added my photo, and tweeted at the school newspaper that "I wanted those tickets!"
To my surprise, I won!
A few weeks later, I forgot my password, and never logged in again...until this week. I guess I just didn't see the point, and didn't have any internal or external motivation, until this week.
Twitter is new territory for me. I have always seen it as an additional log in, and username to remember, with less functionality than the social media pages I already utilized.
Using twitter as part of an assignment has really allowed me to see it in a new light. It has the ability to accompany the content I am already producing, and put that content in front of wider audiences using specific hashtags (something I almost always used jokingly until 6 days ago.)
I decided to dive in head first. If you're interested in learning more about the creation of and the power of Twitter, watch this 8 minute Ted Talk by Evan Williams. I now see what a powerful and unique tool this is, and despite the reluctance of some, it has been almost seamless for me to adopt and incorporate in my routine.
Another classmate suggested I make my posts more interactive. Since we're exploring Twitter this week, I added my Twitter feed to the sidebar of this blog, and I decided to create a poll:
Will you continue to use Twitter once this class is over?
The poll is located in my sidebar and will remain open until July 9th at 11:59 pm.
Answer the poll and feel free to share your thoughts using 140 characters or less of course, on twitter using the hashtag #tweet4kahla.
Personally, I find Twitter to be situationally useful. I tweet during this class, during conferences, etc. but I am a more passive user at other times. I don't feel like I have a continuous stream of content worth sharing during a typical week, and I do my random babbling on Facebook :)
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