Running the class social media accounts forced me to use social media in ways I don’t normally use it. I use Twitter, my favorite social app, quite often. Ninety percent of my Twitter use is for my work covering Longhorn sports. I mostly live tweet games\u00a0and press conferences. The other 10 percent is retweeting sports related things.<\/p>\n
Taking over the class accounts required some creativity, especially on Instagram. While I have an Insta account, I’ve only posted on it twice in four years. I tried to take pictures of things I was doing and relate them to class content, so I hope that wasn’t boring. Unfortunately, the assignment didn’t encourage me to use Instagram any more than I already do.<\/p>\n
On Twitter, attempted \u2014 not sure how successful I was \u2014 to use humor. \u00a0I’m a big fan of GIFs, so of course I had to include some of those. Since all my normal followers follow me for my Longhorn reporting, I don’t have much room to be creative and tweet non-sports things. It was fun to switch it up on the class account. I was also very proud of myself for finding that dandelion\/Frozen GIF \u2014 how timely!<\/p>\n
Overall, Spotify\u00a0highlighted\u00a0my brief time as the media curator. I really enjoyed putting together a “life” playlist. I tried to think back to when I was in middle school \u2014 that’s when I started following music \u2014 and go chronologically through\u00a0my favorite songs. It was nostalgic to pick through some songs I haven’t heard in years.\u00a0Additionally, it was interesting to note how my music tastes changed over time. However, I decided I should cut it down so the playlist isn’t too long.<\/p>\n