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Hello everyone
This
is my second blog post, and as it appears I had some issues figuring
out exactly what our teacher was looking for regarding these posts. Now
that I have everything figured out I decided to dedicate this weeks post
to paying close attention to how others interact via twitter. I decided
that I wanted to pay close attention to the substance of others blogs. I
wanted to take a close look at whether individuals whom use twitter are
discussing real world issues,or if various bloggers are just writing
about new trends in fashion.
What
I observed was that the various blogs that I follow on twitter were
writing about relationship problems, or other various issues that they
are dealing with in life. I do however subscribe to various news blogs,
and that for me has proved to be very useful. On the New York Times blog
that I subscribe to I receive up to the date news that I could not
review via traditional media outlets.
I also noticed that
most, if not all of the individuals that I follow on twitter use
acronyms when posting. For me it has proved to be very difficult to
figure out what those that I follow are writing about, as I haven't
mastered decrypting social media slang yet. I also found that twitter
for most has become a way of expressing various views without being
judged. At first I felt that registering for a blog would
be a complete waste of time, not only for me, but also for all of my
classmates. But I have come to find that social media sites
such as twitter contain meaningful conversations, it's just that
subscribers have to really dig to find meaningful blog's.
Another
observation that I ran into quit often was elected officials whom use
twitter as a way to build support. One incident of this occurred when I
decided to follow Barrack Obama's blog. Here is a a little glimpse of
three of Obama's blog posting's.
Notice how with presidential elections coming up in one hundred and
sixty-five days candidates are really starting to "press the flesh," and
try to win some votes.
Regards, Ryan Lucas
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