The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. So, I’ll admit it: I’m addicted. Twitter’s white bird greets me in the morning as I open its application and catch myself up on all of the news I missed during the night. My right thumb will subconsciously move up and down, as if it’s […]

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I’ve grown a lot as a Twitter user over the course of the semester, and as my comfort level and usage increased, so has my influence. I began the semester with 68 followers hoping to reach 100 by the end of the semester. I achieved that goal and currently have 104 followers. It helped that […]

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Until this past semester, I didn’t understand the true magic and reach of Twitter. But after the engagement and impressions, I had under Professor Grygiel’s guidance, you bet I’m going to cling to trending hashtags and web cards like there’s no tomorrow. Here are my Twitter impressions over the last semester: 90 Day Twitter Impressions As […]

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  Klout Score Beginning: 29.38 Klout Score End: 38.40 Twitter Followers Beginning: 367 Twitter Followers End: 368 ***Note: the beginning and end totals are from the total I put in the google doc at the start of the semester, and my total followers now.  However, when looking at twitter analytics each month from January to […]

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When entering this class at the beginning of the year, I had a previous professional Twitter account that I used for my previous courses I have taken throughout college. However, I did not realize how influential I could be through this platform. At the beginning of this course, I started with 24 followers and ended with 67 […]

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This semester in COM 427, we had a series of Twitter assignments in which we were given topics to tweet about using #NHsmc. Below are my top ten tweets for the semester, based on engagement and impressions. This time last year, I was in Florence eating gelato and pizza *cries in missing abroad* #TravelTuesday #NHsmc […]

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By Rachel Viggiano (SYRACUSE) As social media continues to generationally expand throughout our culture; Interests in content are becoming more diverse as our eclectic society jumps onto the social-media bandwagon.  Being a person with many interest, i’ve tried to make my “voice” on Twitter as eye-catching as possible to various types of people.  And from what i’ve […]

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Influence: Throughout the duration of this course, my Twitter following grew from 174 followers on January 20th to 199 followers on April 20th. These 25 new followers vary from acquaintances and friends to accounts centered on subjects I tweet about. For example, several of the recent accounts following mine focus on fashion; these accounts started […]

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In January 2016, I created a Twitter account.  Over the past 3 months, I was able to accumulate 95 followers and my Klout score increased from 24 to 46.  I found that using current trending hashtags was instrumental in expanding my social influence in terms of engagement.  I also noticed that the creation of lists […]

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