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Week 2A: Social media for what?

I myself have been around he social media game since the beginning, Myspace. One of the first social media platforms to make it big that almost everyone ( at least from my generation) had to be on. Although I don't particularly remember using it that much, I do remember it was mainly geared towards personal use. You had a friends list with a top ten, which you used to rate your friends and figure out who you're true friends are. Because lets face it, if you're not top ten material, we might as well not be friends. Besides ending many friendships, Myspace was all about adding your own personal flare to your page. You could add background music, change background screens, color schemes, etc. which are all things based around personal preference. On Myspace you could post almost anything with little to no filter and not worry about it getting taken down which has definitely changed with more modern platforms. Since Myspace we've had the introduction of  social media jugger

Blogs I commented on.

Christina Castaneda ( not in my group, it was an accident ) Mathew Ward Megan Smith

Template Choice.

Why did I choose this blog template? As the rest of the class will surely know, there were plenty of options catering to different styles and aesthetics. So what it really came down to was choosing a template that reflected my own style and workflow. I definitely consider myself to be a tad minimalistic, so I wanted something that was simple, straight forward, and to the point. Over the past couple years of me being a photographer and designer, I've come to learn that clean and simple is more often that not a better choice. Things tend to flow/ mesh better, and your subject tends to remain in focus instead of being lost in minutia. The template that I've chosen I think clearly reflects all of the things that I was after.  Upon opening my blog page everything is clearly visible and shouldn't take anyone more than a couple seconds to figure out where everything is located. Blog posts are very easily observed since they are the main focus of the page and the simple scroll