I have not tried this, but might be worth exploring:
If you are open to using existing social media platforms (say if you have a special hashtag on the wall nearby), then this could work okay.
You could use an auto refresh plugin for Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/easy-auto-refresh/aabcgdmkeabbnleenpncegpcngjpnjkc?hl=enRun everything full screen off a cheap Chromebook (I have purchased for ~150$ before). These are nice because you can mount them behind a cleated monitor easily. I've done it with with drywall screws, or "L" screws would be easy also. "L" screws are nice since you can lock and unlock it sort of. This way you can pull it out and work on it without disturbing the whole set up.
For moderation, you could be signed in on another computer in the office or wherever, and moderate from there.
There are probably some other Chrome plug ins that will allow you to alter the look of any social media site you're using.
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Nathaniel Hitchcock
Roxbury NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-31-2021 05:16 PM
From: Drew Whatley
Subject: Exhibit Social Media Wall Tips
Hi y'all!
Wondering if anyone has some tips on integrating a social media wall into an exhibition on the cheap. It would be great to encourage some social sharing and community building through interactive elements in our exhibits (think "Take and share a selfie!"). Looking online, most of the web based applications like walls.io are prohibitively expensive for our scope, or the free tier lacks critical features (for instance, Wallrus's free tier doesn't include moderation tools). I'm pretty proficient and learn quick, so a more technical option would work fine. I could certainly just regularly update a photo scroll, but that adds significant maintenance work, and lacks the immediacy that lends the fun to social sharing. Has anyone here built a social wall with an application that fits in a smallish museum budget?
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Drew Whatley
Museum Educator
Whatcom Museum
Bellingham WA
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