Homework 10,000
Do anything appropriate* on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Reddit,
Pinterest (if
you want to
use a different social network, talk to me) and get
10,000 people to interact with you over the
week from
7/17-7/23.
This can be 10K likes on FB (note: you cannot count "views" on facebook),
10K RTs on Twitter, 10K shares / repins, 10K views on YouTube, etc. You must
choose a single social media platform to count. You may not add likes on Facebook, retweets,
and upvotes, for example. You must pick one.
You may not
use
a group or video that already exists. You must create something new on the
day this assignment is released, and it must be something *you* create
(i.e. you cannot post someone else's content and get credit for spreading
that).
Track how many people are interacting and how.
Write up a 1
page single-spaced paper. The paper should contain the following.
- Descibe what you created and why you decided to do that. How did your
choice of facebook group / post / video relate to the goal of reaching
10,000 people?
- Explain your strategy for getting people to participate. How did you
spread the word? Who did you target and why? Use network principles to
explain these choices.
- Twice a day, at the same time (e.g. 10am and 10pm), record the number
of people who have joined your group / followed / viewed. Make a chart
(you must have a visual chart, but you may also include a table)
that shows the growth of your idea over the 7 day period.
- Analyze your success. What worked and what didn't? What could you have
done differently? What were the best steps you took to get users? Justify
this with network principles.
In addition to the paper, you must notify Prof. Golbeck of your activity
and provide a link by
7/17.
You will not receive credit if you do not
do this.
You must have your activity up by
7/17
BUT NOT BEFORE THAT and track it through
7/23.
Work on the write-up in the meantime and plug in your
final results after the week has passed.
Grading
(14 points total)
- Notifying Prof. Golbeck of your idea - 2 points, 0 points for the
whole assignment if not done by
7/17
- Each section of the paper described above - 2 points
- Number of people who join your network: log (# people) points
- Hitting 10,000 people - 2 points extra credit
The paper is due by
7/24.
* appropriate means you should (1) not break the law, (2) not violate the
SMS's terms of service, and (3) not do anything to get yourself or me
in trouble. Do not post pornography or seriously objectionable material
(Nazis, racial threats, etc). Do not threaten small animals in my name or
yours (this happened once). Do not outright lie. If you have any questions, please talk to me
ahead of time.
Summer 2018 Submissions (12pm 7/18)
Winter 2018 Submissions
Summer 2017 Submissions
Winter 2017 Submissions
Examples from last semester