Do you spend time thinking about what’s going on in your city?
Do you pay attention to what’s happening beyond the streets you normally traverse in your commute or daily/weekly routines?
Do you ever go off the beaten path? Even within your own zip code?
One of the interesting ways to look at social media is to see it as a listening post. A way to observe and feel the pulse of the city you live in, no matter how big or small it may be.
Before you start spewing a whole slew of social media content to gain the tons of followers you think you can amass, one of the most basic elements (and advantages) of social media over other mediums is its ability to let you visualize in a sense, what people are doing, saying, going around you.
Check out this insightful video interview of Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and how he came to the current iteration of the social media platform that we know today:
Do you look at social media this way in your usage of the medium? Are you more concerned with what you have to say vs. what you can see through Twitter and other social media available to you today? Please leave a comment below.
