Who are we?

 Just thought I'd share a bit of data from the survey you all completed last week.

What tools do you use?

No surprise here that Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube are topping the list. Still, consider our numbers: We are 19. We have one non-user (at least in the moment last week) and also a few folks who don't use these big 3. 

Looking at the other end, we have no Bluesky users (perhaps because it is new? To be honest, I just cranked it up for this class), and just a few blog, Threads, and Snapchat users.

These numbers are dynamic. I know there are not only never-users among the uncounted but also former users. 

For me, in the non-EME6414 moments I would say that I use: Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Reddit, Blogs. And others not named there. Maybe sometimes Pinterest? Does it count that my kid shows me TikToks? I have used Twitter, but stepped back from it when accounts, algorithms, and other stuff started to change.

I also know I should have LinkedIn on the survey. Why didn't I? Not sure, really. 

What concepts are familiar to us?

Memes! And no surprises there. 

Many of the concepts that folks considered unfamiliar may actually be known in your brains but not labeled as such. And ... well, we're going to learn about all of this stuff along the way.

So what are your thoughts? Any surprises here?