My younger self had a hard time grasping quantities; I would always hyperbolize and say thing like “gajillions,” and “infinite.” But what did that mean? Social media has billions of users, our world has trillions of people. How do we grasp this idea?
In Hebrew school, when my younger self was vulnerable and open minded, we watched this movie called “Paper Clips.” The main goal of the movie was to show kids what millions of an object looked like, to get them to better understand how many lives were lost in the Holocaust. Now, this shows a more melancholy approach to understanding quantities, but Twitter took a more light-hearted technique.
During the world cup in South Africa, they took all the tweets at that time and made it into confetti for the game. Coca Cola did it again for the Copa America for Argentina, to show just how much their fans love them. Fans seeking to make their favorite teams feel great, and boost their morale go to social media to make the team witness just how much love they have globally.
This is definitely a great way to prove just how many supporters teams have, and to show them that what they are doing is appreciated.
Occasionally, we forget about the extremity of people who have and use social media every day. For companies to take the extra step and shoe people just how many of others there are may perhaps be the only way we could begin to learn just how big out world is.
February 27, 2017 at 12:18 am
I like how you started this post with something about you. It gives your audience a look at your life while also having a way to relate to theirs. I thought the ad you spoke about was really cool and something that others may not have thought of.
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March 1, 2017 at 4:54 pm
I watched that movie when I was a kid too. It think that is interesting to see, in the form of confetti, how many interactions with the event actually took place. It is interesting to see on TV but seeing that in person would be something to behold.
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March 1, 2017 at 7:47 pm
I love how this blog is so easily relatable. When little kids think of numbers, they are easily amazed by ones that seem fairly small to adults. I love how you are able to relate numbers to big events such as the superbowl and large social media like twitter.
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March 1, 2017 at 8:46 pm
Now I would really like to watch that movie. It’s crazy how on social media we just see it in such a small spectrum. We see the few people we follow and just our own personal timelines, when there is actually so much more to it. Thinking of anything in the millions or billions is such a hard concept to grasp. With people involved in something or a group of people being affected by someone, its hard to understand the impact that that has.
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March 2, 2017 at 3:10 pm
I think this is something that a lot of us can relate to. When they used the confetti to exemplify the meaning of all the tweets being sent out, i think it made it easier for all of us to relate too. Also, you have me wanting to watch this movie after you telling us just a little about it!
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