Class Cloud

Following our class cloud assignment/twitter party during class…. I thought a lot about how cool technology really is. During class last Wednesday, I was in Hawaii. Yet I was still able to participate and be included in discussions and funny picture wars during class time. How cool is that? I felt like I was still there in Logan, UT sitting in our Social Media class while really I was 2,000 miles away. That’s the beauty of social media I think. It really is a cloud somewhere out in the internet world where people can connect. The craziest thing for me to think about is that the internet is not a physical entity. Like no, I cannot hold it in my hand if I wanted to. It’s literally an invisible thing that unites people and brings to light different topics and discussions in the most fascinating ways.

In the recent months, and even the past year, a huge topic that has been mainstream in today’s twitter timeline is the presidential race and who the front runners are. We’ve all heard about Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton and that’s basically who the race is going to be between. I’m going to be honest here… But I would not even know who the candidates were if it wasn’t for Facebook and Twitter. So many of my friends on Twitter post funny things about Trump and tag him in it that I can’t help but pay attention and listen to what they’re actually talking about. There are so many memes. So many Vines. So many funny articles written about him that I think I know more about his shortcomings than I do about his actual platform for president.

That’s what I saw from this class cloud assignment. The way you tweet something and the wording and hashtags you use set the tone for the discussion. An example would be is that I tweeted something funny about Amanda Bynes and her cray twitter posts a couple of years ago. If I would have worded it differently, maybe with concern for her emotional well-being instead of mocking her, the response could have been totally different and evoked a complete different conversation. Even though I was 2,000 miles away, I still could sense the tone of all of the tweets that were being shot out and I thought the majority of them were hilarious. Shout out to all my fellow classmates for being funny.