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Using social media to retire from your job

 Given that this is a social media class, I would like to talk about something that occurred today. Before I do so, I want to tie this in with Chapter 12 and how we are talking about blogs, vlogs, podcasts and webinars, which are ultimately all ways of communication and a way of spreading news on social media to people all around the world. 

With that being said, NFL quarterback, Tom Brady, retired today from the NFL. Most people would most likely see this news and not care as much, mainly because he did the same thing at this very time last year. He announced his retirement but eventually came back to play this season. The most surprising thing to me, however, is that he uses social media to make this huge, life-altering decision. Brady used twitter to record and share a short video to the world that he was retiring, "for good this time." 



This also makes me think about how social media is the place we find breaking news more than anywhere else. We use social media to find a majority of our news, larger and smaller, rather than turning on the local news every night to find it. Specifically speaking about Brady, if you are a big sports fan, you most likely woke up to the news by checking social media or getting a notification from a certain app. 

This is something that is very interesting to me and is definitely a good thing. It is much easier to read, share and receive news now than ever before. 


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