Ryan
Lucas
CTEC101
Julio Appling
Twitter
The
blogger that I decided to compose my final project on is twitter. When I first
registered for a twitter account I found that there was an enormous amount of
helpful interactive guides which have detailed explanations of how to get
started with the blogger. When I first registered I was asked several questions
regarding information about me, and I was also offered a database from which I
could choose others that I wanted to follow on twitter. The individual has
several different ways to follow other individuals, the latest news, and
celebrities.
I was given the
opportunity to select and array of my personal interests, and the interests
that I choose would come up with a drop down menu of all of the people
associated with that interest. For instance I enjoy basketball, so if I type in
NBA the menu would come up with all of the different teams, and players
surrounding the sport. From there the choices are narrowed down until one finds
exactly who, or what they are looking for.
Another
key feature that was nice to have was the way that twitter allows the
individual various ways to customize their blog page in order to make it
unique. In settings one can choose from a predesignated theme for their page,
or create a page from scratch by uploading an image. Twitter also allows the
user to add links to their page. In the profile page one can add a pic to
identify themselves, where in the World they are from , a link to a home page,
and twitter also allows the user to compose a short biography, so that
subscribers have an idea of who the person is, and what they are about.
Once
I was registered, I decided to explore the blogger, I clicked on the discover
tab and a drop down menu appeared that had stories, activity, who to follow,
find friends, and browse categories. I decided to try to figure out whom I
should follow, and to my surprise I was offered a plethora of people whom I
could choose to follow. I recall seeing profiles for documentary film makers,
celebrity profiles, and various other individuals whom I had no real desire to
follow. My favorite thing about twitter thus far has to be up to the date vital
information surrounding world news, and other important events.
Maybe,
just maybe this skeptic was wrong in regards to blogging communities. I have
come to find that there are many uses, and benefits for subscribing to a
blogging community. I can communicate with family in other states, and
countries, network with others, and follow all of the latest news, and events
going on around the world. The other feature that I found to be very
advantageous was the fact that I could link my twitter account to my face book
account, and receive tweets on my face book page. My biggest argument towards
why not to use social media networks at this point in time has to be that I
have far to many user names, and passwords for various accounts that I have to
remember.
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