When I started high school in 2004, the popular social media outlet was Xanga. For the first time on the Internet, you got to be as self-absorbed as you like, and people embraced it.
It was awesome.
Then Xanga phased out, and Myspace found it's place. It was popular for a couple of years, but it lacked something it's follow-up had. Myspace was on its final leg when Facebook found its stride.
What made Facebook special was its ability to easily post photos. "Creeping" became a cool thing, and privacy no longer existed.
Then in 2008, I started hearing about this thing called Twitter. I remember thinking how stupid it sounded to want to know people's every move, but little did I know what it would become.
Today, Twitter is everything. It, along with the smart phone, has totally changed how we receive our news.
It dictates when you should get it, how you should get it and how many people you want to let know about it.
In the past, The Plainsman has ignored and underestimated the power of Twitter, but no more.
The force is strong with us now, but something threatens to bring us back to the dark side: our old Twitter account.
Before I worked at the Plainsman, the staffers had created a twitter account that many of you may be following, auburnplainsman.
You may have been confused thinking auburnplainsman was right, because you receive tweets from it when we posted to the website, but it's not.
It's linked to the website via a RSS feed, but you won't receive our morning weather reports, fun things happening on campus or links to our blogs and videos.
To receive these extras, plus all of our regular content, the correct Twitter to follow is TheAuPlainsman.
You'll know you're at the right Twitter by our signature Plainsman "P" that serves as our profile picture.
In an effort to streamline all of our online activity, we will get rid of the old Twitter soon. Don't get left out o f the nest. Join the new twitter at www.twitter.com/theauplainsman.
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