My Twitter Experience

First off, social media is very new to me. I had never had a cell phone, Facebook or anything related to social media until the spring semester of my junior year in high school. I was very connected with people in my family, school and community by meeting them in person and being conversational instead of what our society is moving towards now. I personally do not like social media as much but I realize that I must adapt to it as society changes.

From this week of social I realized that Twitter is more confusing than I had originally thought. I still do not understand the point of having the “#” sign before some words. I learned that I must create a great bio for my online accounts and not make any bad remarks that may affect me in the future. I personally did not like to engage in this activity because I am a less social person sometimes and I feel awkward telling people about what I’m doing everyday on social media sites such as Twitter.

Social media can be helpful in reaching my goal of getting a great job by finding employers for me. I think I could do just about the same thing by networking with these employers in person by going to events that ISU has throughout the year but I will have less time to work on my academics if I go with that route.

Social media is being used all around the world in every country. This is a great thing for society because this allows us to be aware of everything happening around the world. When I read the article about the elevator I was surprised on how closely related these social media sites can be to a first impression in a person to person meeting. I realized that social media can be more helpful than I first thought but I don’t think just that factor will change how much I use it.