Sharing Knowledge, Getting Clicks

The knowledge sharing assignment was really eye opening for me. I never realized how difficult it can be to get people to engage with content. I have created content on social media before; I have a number of training videos that I created at work for the software systems that I am in charge of. However, those have a very specific audience, and I don't ever look for or expect any engagement outside of that. Trying to get people to engage with my Pinterest boards was a much different experience, and one that gives me a whole new appreciation for people who are able to garner a lot of engagement with their social media content.

Through this experience, I can see how trying to get more attention on social media can become a preoccupation. As I'm writing this I feel compelled to start figuring out how to use different platforms, hashtags, etc. to get more engagement on my Pinterest Boards. It's a similar feeling to the one I would get when I was really engrossed in a video game and wanted to figure out a particularly tricky puzzle. I don't think I've ever felt the gamification that comes from social media quite like this.