For the Web Assignment What They Might Have Done In Social Media, I chose to create a hypothetical Twitter Page for the 13th Century Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan has always been a fascinating historical figure to me due to the sheer vastness of his empire, as well as the fact that he is still one of the most well known historical figures of all time. These reasons made me eager to create a Twitter page for Genghis Khan.
I decided that the best way to create Genghis Khan’s Twitter page would be to use an already existing celebrity page and modify it. I choose to modify the Twitter page of famous actor Leonardo DiCaprio, as it had the exact layout I was looking for:
Now that I had this template, I began using the X-ray Goggles to modify the page. I focused on editing 5 main parts of the Twitter Page:
The profile picture and banner,
The short bio,
The pictures and videos section,
The Twitter feed itself,
And the “Who to Follow” section.
I chose to omit the “Trends” section as my edits via X-Ray Goggles would continue to change, likely because the “Trends” section updates and changes each time the page is refreshed, erasing my edits.
Even with the X-ray Goggles, editing this Twitter page took a significant amount of time as I had to look up various facts and pictures to use. Actually using the X-ray app in and of itself however was a breeze, as all that was required to change photos and text is simple cut and paste. After all my edits were completed, Genghis Khan’s Twitter page looked like this:
I choose to add a mild amount of uncharacteristic humor to the Twitter page, having Genghis use phrases like “yolo swag”, as well as make jokes about invading ancient China. I also included as much accurate historical information as possible, with a few Easter eggs thrown in. The end result is essentially a parody-like Twitter page for the Mongolian conqueror.
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