{"id":1498,"date":"2021-08-31T00:02:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T00:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2021-08-31T14:33:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:33:26","slug":"shrinking-my-social-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1498","title":{"rendered":"Shrinking my social footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Adobe_Post_20210830_1740400.7652639683778439.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Adobe_Post_20210830_1740400.7652639683778439.png 712w, https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Adobe_Post_20210830_1740400.7652639683778439-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I bit the bullet and opted to reactivate my FB account. However, in doing so I chose also to reduce the number of &#8220;friends&#8221; as well. Having been unfriended myself without notice, I am certain their will be unintended hurt feelings. It is an odd thing how we allow people we have shared a common experience with at some point to have continued access to your life. Does being a classmate, coworker, sharing a common interest or bloodline mean I grant you continuous unending visibility of the details of my life? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anyone is upset about no longer being a &#8220;friend&#8221; on social media, my apologies as that wasn&#8217;t my intention. I just realized I had allowed far too many people a window into my life. I spent a year away and during that time, only a handful made contact. Some on social media were only in my life for a short period and have not been a continued presence since our paths separated. I am still <a href=\"mailto:dzeliff.geo@yahoo.com\">available<\/a> should they decide they need to talk, but most didn&#8217;t miss me while in my exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If my life touched theirs in some significant way on our journey to eternity, it gives us so something to talk about at journey&#8217;s end. I am not pursuing large numbers of followers or friends and hope those that remain are there to contribute to my life and not just stand by and obseve.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-4\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"1498\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"far fa-smile\"><\/i>\r\n                    <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bit the bullet and opted to reactivate my FB account. However, in doing so I chose also to reduce the number of &#8220;friends&#8221; as well. Having been unfriended myself without notice, I am certain their will be unintended hurt feelings. It is an odd thing how we allow people we have shared a common &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/?p=1498\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shrinking my social footprint&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,20,23,30,39,35],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-commentary","tag-family","tag-memories","tag-rant","tag-social-media","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeliff.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}