While the blog is still up and running, I want to post briefly about AML’s revamped social media presence. As many of you already know, shortly before General Conference, Christopher Cunningham and I took over AML’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. Since then we’ve been posting news and announcements related to Mormon letters to keep existing followers informed and attract new followers to the accounts. So far everything is going well, and we are pleased that people are interacting with the accounts.
If you haven’t already done so, please follow the accounts and let other interested parties know they exist. It’s my belief that some of the most interesting discussions about Mormon literature are happening on social media, and I hope to use these accounts to spur more discussion. I also hope that they will become significant factors in attracting new and long-lost members to the AML fold. Young Mormons especially are on social media, and I believe many of them have much to offer our organization and its future.
Eventually I’d like to set up AML Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Vine accounts (and maybe Google+ for the five people who use it). For the time being, though, we’re going to stick with Facebook and Twitter—unless someone else would like to take the lead on one of these other platforms. Then I’d be more than happy to help you set it up. (I also have plenty of ideas for what you can do with them!)
Finally, if you know of blog posts, news reports, or announcements that ought to be shared with the AML community, please feel free to tweet them to the account (we’ll retweet them!) or post them directly to the Facebook page (we’ll make sure they get shared!). Also, if you are already connected with us personally on social media, you can direct message items/suggestions to either Christopher or me via our personal Facebook and Twitter accounts. (I think I’m connected with most regular participants on this blog, but if not, feel free to friend me. I promise to flood your News Feed with Enid comics, images of old-timey daguerreotypes, and irony.)
Thanks for following AML on social media. Like many of you, I’m optimistic about AML 2.0 and the ways technology can make it more relevant and accessible to members old and new.
If someone starts a Pinterest account, I’d be happy to provide images for a board that shows the cover of every issue of Irreantum. I have them all but one so someone would have to track down that one.
Which one don’t you have, William? If it was one of the more recent ones, I may have a digitized version.
I don’t have the special edition devoted to film. I can’t remember what year that was.
2005? I can email a jpeg to you of that cover.
It’s good that you’re doing this. Maybe someday I’ll even get active on social media…
Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.
Thank you, Scott. This is great. Why does the idea of AML and Pinterest make me smile? Probably because I’m an ignoramus . . . but maybe that’s what it’s gonna take to get me “pinning.”
Dude. Mormons love Pinterest. You gotta go where the Mormons go. 😉
I can help with Pinterest, if you still need that. Just send me a msg.
Lucinda would be excellent with Pinterest.
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Sounds like it’s already decided.