Posted by Gabe Lee
Social networking sites have always been accessed from all over the world. Sure, most of them started in the US, such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, but give any popular social media site a few months of steady growth and the international users will start to roll in. Is this because other countries are simply following current Internet trends? Or can it be that people simply bring social sites with them when they move or travel to new countries? The answer to both is, yes.
As you may or may not know I have been in Bogota, Colombia for a few weeks now and I have been using social media while in Columbia to keep in touch with my friends and followers. My trip to Colombia is for the whole summer ,and I have decided to up my social media game while I am here, since I have a little more free time to further establish my online personality. My medium of choice: Twitter, blogging and Vloggoing (video blogging). It’s a little difficult to keep my “Tweeps” updated in the many areas without Internet access, but for the most part I am able to still stay informed on the happenings in the States and in Colombia.
Not surprisingly, the content of my Twitter and Facebook status reports have changed since arriving in Columbia. So far some of my tweets and blog/Vlog posts have been aimed at my travels here in Colombia and I have noticed some new US followers that are especially interested in Colombia. And, it’s pretty cool that now even some Colombians have even started to follow me. I have been focusing on Videos because I think that in a 2-3 minute video I can capture a lot of entertaining information while recognizing the need to provide short and to the point information.
It’s been – and continues to be – a pretty fun experiment, broadening my social media presence from South America. I’ll be exploring the ideas of social media in Columbia more as I continue my stay here, so stay tuned to future blog posts for more information on how Columbians are using Twitter, Facebook, etc. in their every day lives.
You can view my updates on Twitter (@gabelee) and follow my adventures at www.scoopthedirt.com.
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