Today being Remembrance Day, I thought I would talk about the social media campaign known as #ShowYouRemember where people are encouraged to use Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or Instagram to show how they remember those who fought for our freedom years ago. Whether people want to remember personal connections, a family member or friend, or just simply show their gratitude for all soldiers alike, this campaign allows for both. People have been uploading pictures and videos to various social media sites showing different ways they pay their respects, along with “tweets” or Facebook statuses all using the hashtag #ShowYouRemember. I personally love this campaign and its a great way for people to interact, share their stories and learn of others’ stories as well. In today’s society, social media is key as we all know, and sometimes it can get to be too much. Sometimes we just need to hit the “off” button and put down the technology. However, it is on days like today that social media can actually shine and be used for only good, not bad. Without these sites the ability to share Veterans’ stories and images would not exist, and what a shame that would be. It is important for everyone to take a step back at times and remember how we got to where we are today. Seeing a photo, reading a heart wrenching story, or viewing an emotional video can really make the difference sometimes. The overwhelming about of times this hashtag has been used today to share ways in which we remember our Canadian soldiers makes me extremely proud to be Canadian. Lest We Forget.
How did you remember today? Share your stories or images with everyone here…
See what others are saying about Remembrance Day:
- A Time of Remembrance (teaandtreble.wordpress.com)
- This year in Canada, Remembrance Day is 95 years old (nikkeivoice.ca)
- Remembrance Day (jerri42.wordpress.com)
As most of the world is likely aware, Blackberry recently sold the rights to BBM (Blackberry Messenger) for iPhone and Android users to download. Realistically it was only out of the need to survive since Blackberry has slowly been going down the toilet, but they laid the bait and over 20 million smartphone consumers took it. Although I knew about the sale of BBM a few weeks ago, being a business student in Waterloo, I wasn’t aware of the exact date it would be available, that was until I signed onto Facebook one night and my newsfeed was COVERED in people posting their “pins” for their friends to add them to their contact list. Being an unfortunate Blackberry owner, I was over joyed to have some action on my BBM for the first time in years, but then of course came the critisicms.. “It’s just like iMessage, how stupid,” “Thanks, but absolutely not, I’ll stick to iMessage.”.. To all those nay-sayers out there, iMessage only works with iPhone users, now with BBM we can ALL be friends! Don’t get me wrong, I am VERY over my Blackberry, but BBM now being available to all will certainly make the remainder of my stay much more comfortable.
All That Glitters 