Class Cloud

The Class Cloud activity was very fun to be involved in. I have had a twitter account for many years but took a little hiatus from it while I served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for a year and a half. After I got home I feel like I lost my desire to use Twitter and couldn’t seem to find what the hype about this app was anymore. It wasn’t until this day in class and our time “On The Cloud” that I realized just how fast information can spread and the asset this app can be in my social media use.

#SocMedDisscuss was what connected all our tweets. Some of the class stayed on topic in regards to tweeting about Social Media, while others went a little off-base discussing cats vs. dogs. Regardless of the topics being discussed, we could all see each other’s tweets and the threads they created. It was really cool to see how one simple text could result in so many retweets, and replies and that it could spread so far!

It was crazy how fast our discussion spread and how wide the spectrum of discussion covered. Just after a couple minutes, there was so many tweets repping the class hastag #SocMedDiscuss. Each time I would refresh the page I was shocked at how many new tweets and replies there were. My notifications kept going off as someone would “like”, “retweet” or “reply” to something I had said.

It was also cool to see other individuals join in on our activity. Unfortunately we never got Kanye involved in our discussion. I thought it was pretty cool that the person I decided to tweet to was Al Fox Carraway, a famous Mormon blogger and YouTuber. I asked her, “What inspired you to share your beliefs online?” Amazingly enough, she tweeted back to me and even got a little involved in our discussion. She quickly replied that she went to social media because that is where everyone is and that is where she knew most people would see. She loves her faith so much she wants everyone to see it and Social Media was the avenue she could accomplish that.  That is the first time I have ever had someone even remotely famous tweet back to me, and it was all because of #SocMedDiscuss. A lot of other classmates tweeted back to her in hopes to keep her in the discussion longer, but sadly we never got any more responses from her, just a few “likes”.

Truth of the matter is, information can and does spread very quickly, especially when you are engaged with other users who are anxiously engaged and very conscious of what is currently being shared. It was very cool to spend this time “On the Cloud” and to be so engaged in what my peers were sharing.