{"id":123,"date":"2010-06-22T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2010-06-22T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T08:26:00","slug":"why-life-in-the-age-of-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Why Life In The Age Of Social Media …."},"content":{"rendered":"

I have decided to share my thoughts from tonight’s walk with you. I hope you are ready to be edified and amazed. {*grin*}<\/i><\/p>\n

It struck me, as Molly and I sprinted home from the sudden rain and lightening storm, that life in the age of social media is a lot like being a clerk in a 7-11 store. In support of this rather strange analogy, consider the following:<\/p>\n

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LITAOSM (Life In The Age Of Social Media<\/th>\n7-11 Clerk<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Random people come and go<\/td>\nditto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regulars become acquaintances<\/td>\nditto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regulars disappear with no explanation<\/td>\nditto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The stories told by people may or may not be true<\/td>\nditto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You come to feel you know certain people<\/td>\nditto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regulars and randoms compete for your attention<\/td>\nditto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some people are trusted less than others<\/td>\nditto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now notice the similarity of expression in the prototypical blogger and 7-11 clerk:<\/p>\n

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The list can go on and on. In fact, your assignment is to add additional experiences that LITAOSM and being a 7-11 clerk share. I can think of at least ten more right off the top – can you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have decided to share my thoughts from tonight’s walk with you. I hope you are ready to be edified and amazed. {*grin*} It struck me, as Molly and I sprinted home from the sudden rain and lightening storm, that life in the age of social media is a lot like being a clerk in … Continue reading Why Life In The Age Of Social Media ….<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[151,150,149],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}