Self Audit: my online presence

If I were a betting man, I would bet that my digital footprint is quite large. When it comes to social media, I am on the "big 4": Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. Facebook I rarely use. The only reason I have Facebook was to contact my roommates going into freshman year, and after that I've hardly touched it. Instagram I rarely use also. I post about 3 things every 2 months or so. I tend to post sports related events or random things in my life. Twitter I use quite a bit to keep up with various events in sports, and sometimes live tweet about them. The social media app I use most is Snapchat. It's one of the quickest ways I can stay in contact with my friends back home in Pittsburgh.

For this blog, I googled myself. 4 of the first 6 searches were directly linked to me: my Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube accounts. Over the years, my activity on some social medias has decreased. I used to post about 3 things a week on Instagram. Now, I post about 3 things every 2 months. Recently I have taken up live tweeting sporting events involving my favorite teams, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the Bachelor/Bachelorette. Before this, I would very rarely use Twitter. I also like to create and post memes, like the one featured above. The string of Baby Yoda memes I created based on a clip from "The Mandalorian" became my most viewed tweets, racking up around 3.6k views in one week.

The largest part of my online profile is in the world of online gaming. I spend an unholy amount of hours on Xbox Live with my friends, playing titles that range from Modern Warfare to FIFA. I was always interested in gaming as a kid. But when I got my Xbox Live subscription in 6th Grade, it created an addiction that took on a life of its own.

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