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Community Assignment


After reading through the full version and the concept version of the Community Assignment for EME6414, I've decided I'm going to go with the full version. On Monday, I searched for different groups to join on Facebook and different threads to follow on Reddit. At first I thought I would do something relating to dogs but I found a group for adoptees and decided to go that route instead. I joined a group for adult adoptees on Facebook and am following the r/Adoption community on Reddit. I've been really amazed by the interactions so far. Both groups have thousands of members so there is a lot of activity each day. I'm going to be an active member on the Facebook group and a lurker on the Reddit forum. I'm actually having a hard time just being a lurker because there are so many posts I want to respond to. Luckily, I've been able to relate to many of the posts on the Facebook group so I'm busy making comments and starting my own posts on there. I'm looking forward to this assignment and experiencing what it's like to be part of a community who has similar experiences as I do.

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  1. LeeMay 27, 2020 at 4:20 PM

    I look forward to hearing more about your journey into these groups!

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  2. VanessaMay 30, 2020 at 1:46 PM

    I was sure you were going to choose a dog group! But this is great -- and you can de-lurk and become active in the group on reddit in a week or so. :)

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