Sunday, September 27, 2015

My Guide to Tweeting for #LDSconf

It's that time of year again. I'm getting excited to hear living prophets and apostles share messages of peace, hope, and counsel and testify of Jesus Christ at the general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many people, me included, like to come together via social media to participate in the conference using the hashtag #ldsconf. Just over a year ago Elder Bednar shared a message about appropriate use of social media and other technologies to advance the work of salvation in all of the world. Regarding using the #ldsconf hashtag Elder Bednar shared the following remarks. 
The first use of the #LDSconf hashtag dates back to October 2008, when it was created by a faithful member looking for an opportunity to follow and share conference-related tweets—long before the Church started using it... Thousands of members join together twice a year to participate in the #LDSconf hashtag conversation about the things they learn and feel as they receive counsel from living prophets and apostles. Through this channel, millions of people around the world are edified by general conference messages.
I have live-tweeted general conference for the last few years, and I have found that depending on my choices, some sessions have ended up being more edifying than others.


This week I will be sharing my personal suggestions about how to make the most of your conference experience while engaging with social media. Some of these suggestions are practical applications of how to use Twitter while other suggestions are more spiritual in nature. There may not be a right or wrong way to tweet conference, but I've found that for me some practices are better than others. 

These are some questions I will be addressing:

Who sees my #ldsconf tweets?
What is #twitterstake?
How should I respond to persecution online?

If you have any other questions, let me know! I'll be updating this page with links as I write the posts.

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