This past weekend, I participated in Derby Days for Sigma Chi’s philanthropy event. Before I go into my personal opinions or statements about this particular event, I wanted to clearly state that anything I say in regards to this matter does not reflect the views of any organizations I am a part of. Digital Rhetoric is something that is so commonly used today and on many occasions it is used for good and connective matters. In this event and scenario, I believe that this one, emotionally driven post has exploded in the wrong manner because of the abilities Facebook provides. This idea of something on social media going viral is nothing new. Time and time again you will see the same video of adorable dogs pop up on your Facebook feed due to the fact that people like, share or comment on the posts. In this derby days event at Ole Miss, social media was used as a mechanism to bring about conflict and bad reputations. The biggest connect or parallel I can think of between this incident and the United States is through politics. Since we are in the months leading up to the presidential elections, you see all over the internet good and bad things going viral about the candidates. In conclusion, I think that social media is used as a means of communication, but sometimes it can be enlarged into something that is not that big of a deal.