[enthusiastically exploring the world of mass communication]
The time has come that I need to close the door on the Tinder quest, never to look back at it again. Well, I guess that’s not entirely true. I’ll definitely be using this experience in job interviews… Three weeks ago, my blog post went “viral” and created a flurry of attention in the media. My … Continue reading Closing the Door on the Tinder Quest
The good, the bad and the ugly. When you hear this you may think back to a timeless 1960’s spaghetti Western film with this title. Or simply the phrase itself that has come into popularity as a way to express a situation with a variety of emotions. My focus is the latter. Throughout my experience … Continue reading The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Today, my blog has 72,519 all time views with my best day being 32,675. At one point, my blog actually made it on WordPress’s Top 100 Blogs of the Day list… in the #4 spot. Absolutely unreal. I asked myself why that many people cared enough to read my story, let alone share it with … Continue reading Learning From the Best
The past two weeks I have sorted through my own crisis, my own personal public relations crisis. If you’ve been keeping up with my story, you would know that there is a fake account with my pictures on it named “Kim,” and I began a quest to find this account through social media. I originally … Continue reading My 15 Minutes of “Fame”
It has been an interesting week to say the least. I have been overwhelmed by the support I have received from friends, family and strangers across the country. The curiosity of people’s interest in my story sparked an unbelievable chain of reactions. Dozens of emails, Facebook messages, texts and tweets have flooded my inboxes and … Continue reading Update: The Search for “Kim” Continues
It’s been a mere 24 hours since I first published my blog post addressing my situation regarding my cyber identity being hijacked by an unknown person. I would like to begin this post by thanking my friends, friends of friends and others who are curious of finding answers behind this account. It’s hard to believe … Continue reading The Quest for “Kim” Has Moved to Birmingham
My name is Kristin Shotwell and my identity has been stolen… on Tinder. Let me give you the story… I was walking back from class and one of my friends stops me and says, “Oh my gosh, Kristin I have the funniest story to tell you!” Thoughts of what the hilarious story could actually be … Continue reading Tinder Impostors – Story of My Stolen Identity
