I became the first influencer on MacEwan Student Life
Graphic by Morgan Oracheski How a school-run app can connect students through running bits In my curiosity and natural attraction to being funny, I began posting on the new MacEwan Student Life app about different topics, sending “inspirational” morning messages, and reposting what I would consider Twitter slop to the app. This somehow began to spiral into other users referencing me in their posts with the first being my friend and colleague Ian Smyth begging me to comment on his post. Other users began running with the joke of “Jesse Roma” with more friends chiming in with photos, videos and fan edits of me, and other users who I don’t personally know also hopping in with their own Jesse Roma jokes and posts. It was now that I...
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