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A Twitter Experience

Twitter is one of the most popular platforms of social media in the entire world. The limited number of characters force tweeters to get a point across in a “short and sweet” type of fashion. Twitter is a platform for famous celebrities, political figures, athletes and every day people to get their thoughts out and in front of people. It is fast and immediate which makes it more appealing to the younger generation, where facebook is slow, and often outdated material that is circulated amongst the facebook community. Twitter is a great tool for businesses to do creative marketing. It also is great for socializing with friends and family but that’s not all it is good for. Twitter can be used as a communicator during times when there is no cell service. In the article “Viral Tweets Are Helping Some People Find Help in Houston. Social Media Can Do Much Better” by Christina Cauterucci is a great example of how Twitter can also be used in a situation of life and death. This article is...

A wikiHow Experience

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Writing a wikiHow is not as easy as it looks. Conveying steps or directions to someone who is learning something for the first time is challenging. The challenge is what makes writing a wikiHow fun all while learning things such as coding, delivering a message in a clear way, and paying attention to detail. The hardest part about writing a wikiHow article is paying attention to detail. Doing something that is second nature to you, but not to someone else makes it difficult to get all the steps out in a clear way. Repeating the process is the best way to make sure that no details are missed. Creating the wikiHow on making Greek yogurt dough pizza required the process to be repeated 3 times. Even after repeating it several times there were several tweaks that had to be made to the steps and process to make it easily understandable for someone who has never done it. It was easy to miss small details, such as not stating to preheat the over to 400 degrees Fahrenheit as some people m...