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  The inclusion of the social media component to the Live Stream Traversal had become, by time of Thomas M. Disch's AMNESIA, systematic. The undergraduate researchers had notes from Grigar's research on hand to feed content into the social media conversations. They also took photographs, mixing in prepared research on the work and its criticism with observations, comments, and interactions with other participants. While Dodge performed the Traversal, Grigar moderated the live YouTube chat and later the question and answer session, documented in the videos on this page. After the event Nicholas Schiller prepared a Storify site to gather social media posts and screen captures of the YouTube Chat. 
  
  
  Facebook
  In order to foster a broad range of conversations through social media, we maintained three separate streams on Facebook : 1) the Pathfinders project site, entitled "elitpathfinders,"  with 245 followers, 2) the Electronic Literature Organization's page with over 1600 members, and 3) Grigar's own site. ELL Team members with a Facebook page also posted to their own sites. 
  
  Pathfinders announces the live traversal of Richard Holeton;s work "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid."
  Pathfinders shares information regarding the first iteration of Richard Holeton's work "Streleski at Findhorn on Acid" in a Facebook post.
  Pathfinders posts on Facebook that the number 3 is a common theme throughout Holeton's work.
  Pathfinders posts a picture on Facebook of Richard Holeton preparing to toss a beach ball to the crowd.
  Pathfinders posts on Facebook that Richard Holeton took about five years to complete "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid".
  
  Twitter 
  Similar to Facebook, we used three Twitter sites to stream our conversation: 1) Dene Grigar's own site that had over 2,800 followers, 2) Nicholas Schiller's site, with 2,200 followers and 3) ELL Team Member Veronica Whitney's site, with over 175 members. Whitney was in charge of posting and reposting on Twitter during the event. The hashtag we used was #elitpathfinders, as this hashtag has been used consistently through the project.
  
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted that there are at least five versions of "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid", with the original one created in 1997 with Storyspace 1.3 for the macintosh.
  The Electronic Literature Lab shared in a tweet that the story covers the period 1993 to December 2000, and that the work is structured in threes- 147 combinations within 3 groupings.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted that Richard Holeton tosses a beach ball to the crowd to determine which path to take through the work.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted that choosing random links in Holeton's hypertext can result in discovering unknown characters and places.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted an invitation for viewers to join the Q/A session of "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid".
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted that if Holeton created his work in 2019, he would choose to make it in HTML rather than in Storyspace.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted Michael Joyce's phrase "the wave of returns", meaning that users hit the "return" key (rather than links) to navigate.
  
  
  Instagram
  The Electronic Literature Lab announces the live traversal of Richard Holeton's work "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid" on Instagram.
  This Instagram post announces the traversal going live, and provides a link to the YouTube video.
  This Instagram post shares a link to Holeton's notes, history, and background about the author himself.
  This Instagram post explains that there are at least five versions of Holeton's work, "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid".
  This Instagram post is a photo of the various versions of "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid".
  This Instagram post explains that the version of Figurski being shown in the traversal was published by Eastgate Systems in 2001.
  This Instagram post highlights how Holeton's story is structured in threes: three characters, locations, and artifacts.
  This Instagram post explains how Holeton throws a beach ball to his audience to determine the path of the story.
  This Instagram post shares a quote by Michael Tratner regarding "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid".
  This Instagram post explains how Streleski was the inspiration for Holeton's character Frank Figurski.
  This Instagram post explains that the character Eugene Zanger (the cup flipper) was a real person with real talents.
  This is an Instagram post describing Holeton's work "Figurski at Findhorn on Acid" as a farcical and comedic narrative, which helped it stand out among Eastgate's "serious" hypertexts.
  This Instagram post invites people to view the live traversal and provides a link to the YouTube chat.
  
  
  YouTube Chat

  The conversation over the YouTube during the live streamed Traversal was captured at this URL: 

  Here is the link to the Figurski Traversal chat 
  
  
  Storify
  We found Storify useful as a tool for pulling together all of the Facebook and Twitter posts into one interface. While our story could have been exported as a .pdf or made into a screen capture, the output is not an accurate representation of the original format and presents other display issues. Instead, Nicholas opted to export the story to HTML, save the content locally, and then host it on our web server. Weeks into our project, the developers of Storify announced that the site would not be continued after May 2018, which means we will not have access to this tool in future stages of our project.
  
  Link: https://framastory.org/story/nnschiller/live-traversal-of-thomas-m-disch-s-amnesia
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  As with the previous Live Stream Traversals, the Undergraduate Researchers took photographs, mixing in prepared research on the work and its criticism with observations, comments, and interactions with other participants. Using this content, they posted on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. While Holeton performed the Traversal, Grigar moderated the live YouTube chat and later the question and answer session documented in the videos on this page. 
  
  Facebook
  We used three locations on Facebook to post for this event: 1) the site Grigar set up in 2013 for the Pathfinders project, 2) the Electronic Literature Organization's page with over 1600 members, and 3) Grigar's personal site. ELL Team members with a Facebook page also posted to their personal sites.
  
  
  Pathfinders announces the live Traversal of Richard Holeton's work Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, and includes the Traversal schedule for 2019.
  Pathfinders reveals that the first iteration of Figurski at Findhorn on Acid was called "Streleski at Findhorn on Acid," published in Grain Poetry and Prose, Winter 1996.
  Pathfinders posts on Facebook that the number 3 is a common theme throughout Holeton's work: There are 3 characters, 3 locations, and 3 artifacts.
  Pathfinders posts a picture on Facebook of Richard Holeton preparing to toss a beach ball covered in writing to the crowd. In this way, audience members could participate by choosing which paths to take next.
  Pathfinders invites Facebook users to participate in the live Q/A sections. The post also states that Richard Holeton took about five years to complete Figurski at Findhorn on Acid.
  
  Twitter 
  To post to Twitter, the ELL Team used ELL's ElitLab Twitter channel. Bowen was once again in charge of posting and reposting on Twitter during the event. The hashtag we used was #Elitlab.
  
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted that there are at least five versions of Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, with the original one created in 1997 with Storyspace 1.3 for the macintosh.
  This tweet shares that the story covers the period 1993 to December 2000, and that the work is structured in threes- 147 combinations within 3 groupings.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted that Richard Holeton tosses a beach ball to the crowd to determine which path to take through the work.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted that choosing random links in Holeton's hypertext can result in discovering unknown characters and places.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted an invitation for viewers to join the Q/A session of Figurski at Findhorn on Acid.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted that Holeton said if created his work in 2019, he would choose to make it in HTML rather than in Storyspace.
  The Electronic Literature Lab tweeted Michael Joyce's phrase "the wave of returns," meaning that users hit the "return" key (rather than links) to navigate.
  
  Instagram
  The Electronic Literature Lab announces the live Traversal of Richard Holeton's work Figurski at Findhorn on Acid on Instagram.
  This Instagram story announces the Traversal going live, and provides a link to the YouTube video.
  A link to Holeton's notes are provided, history, and background about the author himself.
  This Instagram story explains that there are at least five versions of Holeton's work, Figurski at Findhorn on Acid.
  Here, a photo of six different versions of Figurski at Findhorn on Acid are displayed in an Instagram story.
  It is explained in an Instagram story that the version of Figurski being shown in the Traversal was published by Eastgate Systems in 2001.
  An Instagram story highlights how Holeton's story is structured in threes: three characters, locations, and artifacts.
  This Instagram post explains that Holeton throws a beach ball to his audience to determine the path of the story.
  A quote by Michael Tratner regarding Figurski at Findhorn on Acid is shared in an Instagram story: "Holeton has managed to integrate structure, absurd philosophical ruminations, characters defined entirely by eccentricities, and intellectual metafictional commentary into a seamless whole."
  In this Instagram post, it is revealed that Streleski (who was well-known for murdering his advisor with a hammer at Stanford University) was the inspiration for Holeton's character, Frank Figurski.
  This Instagram story explains that the character Eugene Zanger (the cup flipper) was a real person with real talents.
  This is an Instagram story describing Holeton's work Figurski at Findhorn on Acid as a farcical and comedic narrative, which helped it stand out among Eastgate's "serious" hypertexts.
  Instagram users are invited to view the live Traversal and are provided a link to the YouTube chat.
  
  
  YouTube Chat
  Here is the link to the Figurski Traversal chat