Microblogging Benefits & Challenges

Benefits:

1. Staying connected when living long distance and during military deployments.

2. Getting information on community or family events.

3. You can post anywhere and anytime you want to share your thoughts or feelings.

4. Asking for advice and having quick responses from other people’s experiences.

Challenges:

1. I feel the number one way this could be challenging is facing addiction.

2. Understanding the variety of language used such as—acronyms, slang, and/or abbreviations.

3. Face to face interaction may become less frequent because microblogging can become more manageable.

4. Oversharing.

I use Facebook frequently for my personal and professional life. I don’t have my own business, but I do promote my place of employment. I like staying motivational and inspirational to others because it helps me to stay that way with myself and the life decisions I make. I used Facebook very frequently when I was stationed away from my family. I was able to update them with how I was doing and other important updates, like my children. Once I moved back home I stopped posting so frequently about things that I did because people can be very intrusive on decisions you make or whatever else it may be. I don’t mind being open about my life, but I also don’t like people putting their opinions where they are not welcomed. In order to prevent that I stick to being inspirational and posting little updates on my children.

     -A