tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685608788672533401.post2697830063779962758..comments2022-04-05T03:02:08.815-06:00Comments on Intern 101: Navigating the TweetaverseLulu Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14713133001416080918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685608788672533401.post-81758690952322027872012-07-16T13:57:12.343-06:002012-07-16T13:57:12.343-06:00Good post. A lot of people forget that social medi...Good post. A lot of people forget that social media stuff--well, anything we put on the internet, for that matter--is permanent. Sure, I can delete my Twitter account or take down my website/FB page/Instagram, but it's still out there thanks to the internet "wayback machine" (archives). Put your real name on it, okay, but be prepared. Everything you put on social media should make you proud. <br /><br />I had my Twitter feed on my blog for a couple days, but took it down. I felt it took away from the point of my blog, which is connecting with my readers and showing prospective clients my work. Twitter's a great way to announce a new project or blog post (or a promo for businesses). I've discovered great reading via Twitter. But like the internet in general, it can be a total waste of time if you use it the wrong way. <br /><br />One last Twitter note. Last fall, a student left her classroom computer station on after leaving my class. She'd left her Twitter account sitting there, still logged in, WIDE OPEN. She'd been Tweeting during class...why and about what, I have no idea. She was a D/F student who had little interest in getting help or doing better; it shouldn't have surprised me that she was Tweeting during class. And what if someone had come along and started tweeting hateful garbage as the student? It would've been from her account. So I logged her out, shut down her computer, and went on to my next class. [shrugs]Rachael Sarah Williamshttp://williamswrite.comnoreply@blogger.com