New Assignments, New Ideas

Our next assignment is to create a public space online, which people can join and contribute their own ideas to. I've changed my mind a dozen times over what to make my online community about, and what website to use to host it. I have decided to use a Google Community to form my group. Google communities seem less formal than other websites used to host groups. They also seem easy to use and to join which I think is an important part of an online community, particularly one that anyone around the world can join. I don't know how many times I've gone to sign myself up for an online group or page and given up because of all the steps you need to complete - and that's just to be a member, not even to post anything! The second part of the assignment relates to this, as we have to have instructions on our website for people to follow so they know how to join your group and add their own information.

I've decided to make my community about party planning, where people can post recipes, themes, music playlists and stories from successful (or unsuccessful) parties they've hosted in the past.
I already have a Google+ account, so creating a community was easy. I just had to log in to my account, and click the button that said "Create Community" - simple!

Now that I have decided what social media site to use, which is the hardest decision, I just have to make my instructions on how and what people should post.