BigBible's Social Media

BigBible’s Social Media

The Big Bible Project seeks to engage with a range of social media, as we look to those which have a large user base, as we look to engage people in ‘bigger Bible conversations’ and a consideration of what it means to ‘live Biblically in a digital age’, and as we encourage others to use the tools available.

	RSS Feed Allows you to subscribe, ensuring that you are alerted to the latest blog content through your chosen RSS ader (e.g. GoogleReader).
	Twitter A ‘microblogging’ platform, with ‘tweets’ limited to 140 characters, displayed to the author’s ‘followers’. Great for making and maintaining contacts with others with similar interests, with hashtags, e.g. #bible, and smartphones, extending it’s usability. Use the hashtags #bigbible #bigread12 #digidisciple to join in our conversations.
	Facebook *The* social networking site. It famously has over six-hundred million active users worldwide, with a growing number of older users. It is typically used to maintain friendships with people already known in the ‘offline world’, and offers opportunities for online community, discussion and viral campaigning.
	YouTube A video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos, and create themed playlists of favourite saved videos. Tag videos with #bigbible #bigread12 so others can find them.
	Vimeo A video sharing site which tends to be used for more professional content. Better quality video and less distractions, but less users.
	12 Baskets A multimedia Christian resource site, which aims to encourage people to: ”Create it – Use it – Share it”, recognising that the Church is full of creative people, whose talents need to be more widely recognised and utilised. Tag images with #bigbible #bigread2011 to help grow our collection of free shareable resources
	Flickr An image and video hosting website, widely used by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and social media, offering photo storage, tagging, photo-favouriting, group photo pools, and rating by level of ‘interestingness’. Requires a Yahoo login. Tag images with #bigbible #bigread12 to share your experiences of The Big Read, or look for photos from the #biblefresh collection.
	SoundCloud Soundcloud allows you to upload up to 2 hours of audio content for free. Material can then be embedded in websites, commented upon, and favourited by other users. We have collated Big Read audio materials here.
	AudioBoo Audioboo is designed to allow ‘social sound’. Grab 5 minutes soundbites from talks/events, get immediate feedback. Recordings can be taken via laptops or mobile phones, with a maximum recording time of 5 minutes. Big Bible has been using @drbexl’s account, but will now start to build material on this account.
	LinkedIn Has the strongest reputation in the business world. Users can import their CV, link to Twitter, blogs, and Slideshare. Users can host readings lists and join groups with similar interests. Join the group ‘Christians in Online Media’ for those with a particular interest in online Christian communications.
	Digg Is a social news website, where users submit links and stories to share with others. Users can vote and comment on submitted links and stories. A story that is voted up is ‘digged’, a story voted down is ‘buried’.
	Delicious A social bookmarking site, allowing users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized page. Tagging is the key, with each bookmark tagged with freely chosen index terms. Stories that are bookmarked frequently become “hot”.