Monday, March 27, 2017
Creativity
As the technology improves tremendously day to day, new media also improves. In the reading, "Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers" by Claire Cain Miller discusses how new media fosters creativity. When Twitter presents a system and observe how people use the service, and engineers figure out whether they should keep this program, remove, or improve it, then engineers turn into new features which is fostering creativity. From the beginning, Twitter users started to refer other users by "@" symbol before their username. Evan Williams, Twitter’s chief executive and a founder said, “That one really took us by surprise” Since then, Twitter has added a section to the site where people can see every time they are mentioned with the @ symbol. It began hyperlinking the names so others can click on them to see the subject’s profile page. Twitter also gets ideas from the software developers who build Twitter applications. Based on the factors, Twitter and as well as other medias foster creativity through experiences and feedbacks.
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Hi Kaylee, technology has definitely improved greatly over time and has benefited everyone around the world. I agree with the example you give of Twitter in that it has added so many new features that you can search any hashtag you want. This can help you in searching for a job or just staying updated on recent news. Other social media like Facebook and Instagram also, have this hashtag feature, which is convenient. Overall, creativity allows a company to grow tremendously and attracts new users from all over the world.
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