Well it is time for the last blog post of the semester, I am
supposed to refer back to my previous posts, and see how I now understand social
media, well to be honest, I do not see a point to Twitter, I can understand a
rationale for using it for a business, or as a game. When the semester started
I signed up for Twitter and Klout, as of today, my Klout score is 44, the
highest it got to was 46, but it falls fairly quickly when you are not as
active. When I first signed up my score
was a 32. According to Twitter, I have made 198 tweets, and have 27 followers,
and I am following 126 people, not bad all things considered, I know enough
about Twitter to create an account for my Barbershop Harmony group, I may do
that after I get settled. When used effectively a company, or a celebrity can
use social media to spread the word of themselves, this I find is the most
appealing thing to me about social media, as an arts administrator it is good
to be able to increase your brand image for your venue or group, or whatever.
Social media in a nice way to interact with others, and get
news and information, as well as entertainment. I learned a lot about how and
why social media exists, but there are still questions in my mind about how
some of the systems/sites make a living, How for instance is Quora still around,
shouldn’t they find a way to monetize it? Some social media outlets, are very
well received, and well used, Facebook and Twitter right now are the kings of
the hill. What they must do is find a way to continue to be relevant. As long
as they can find a way they will continue to thrive, there have been other
social media sites (programs/applications/engines?) that have been popular, and
not remained relevant, Myspace comes to mind.
