{"id":2706,"date":"2013-02-08T05:34:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T12:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/?p=2706"},"modified":"2015-04-26T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T03:30:23","slug":"sharing-is-caring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/sharing-is-caring\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing is Caring"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 10 days ago, I received a Google Plus notification late one night that some random person<\/a>\u00a0commented-on and re-shared one of my photos:<\/p>\n

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… and I thought, “Oh how nice, someone outside my group of friends stumbled upon one of my photos? \u00a0That is kind of cool!”<\/em> I was excited for all of 2 mins about the new +1<\/em> and strange comment “happi”, but quickly went about my own business again.<\/p>\n

Not but about 10 minutes later, another notification came in: it was another comment and +1\u00a0<\/em>on the same photo… Then a few minutes after that another +1 came, and another comment here, and another re-share there… and so on!<\/p>\n

This really got my attention, and I was wondering what was going on. I had\u00a0never<\/em> gotten any attention to any of my photos before like this, and was not used to all these random people actually really liking<\/em> some photo I took and that I<\/em> thought was just OK.<\/p>\n

By the next morning, I awoke to this\u00a0surprise:<\/p>\n

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… this totally blew me away, as I started going through the tons of comments and +1’s and re-shares of that one photo! All through out the day and the rest of the week, that little red distraction<\/em> kept counting, and kept hitting 99+!<\/p>\n

I write this experience in my books as my own personal “going viral” (because it is the most exposure I have ever gotten for anything, ever). I now have over 400+ awesome new followers – a number which I never expected to grow more than I could count with my hands!<\/p>\n

I would have never believed that any of my pics would ever be so “popular”. I found out recently that pic actually made it into the Google+ “Popular 100” images (found when you reach the end of any picture album):<\/p>\n

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All this time I have been simply taking pics for my pure enjoyment and\u00a0silently posting them online.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Though the excitement and “fame”,I guess, is just now sort of wearing off,\u00a0I am super\u00a0appreciative\u00a0and flattered for all the views, shares, +1’s and comments thus far! Many people actually took the time to look at my other photos as well, and now those have been started to get shared on G+ too, further driving the cycle.<\/p>\n

All this time I have been simply taking pics for my pure enjoyment and\u00a0silently posting them online. Who knew there would be a breaking point and an explosion of interest one day?! I give all credit to the first person who commented on (and shared) the photo.<\/p>\n

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I recognize though, it is important not to start\u00a0over-thinking\u00a0my future G+posts. Even though hundreds of new people now follow me expecting photos, the day I decide not post something I’m interested in because it is not a photo \u00a0is the day I have failed and lost my personality. This cannot happen,<\/em> and I respect any person who has a large public following that\u00a0continues\u00a0to remain true to\u00a0themselves.<\/p>\n

This experience has taught me to be more generous about what I re-share and +1 on Google Plus. Just one share can spark a wild chain reaction that can really make someone’s day, and I hope to return the favor!<\/p>\n

Have you had any experiences like this, or some other unexpected exposure?<\/p>\n

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About 10 days ago, I received a Google Plus notification late one night that some random person\u00a0commented-on and re-shared one of my photos: … and I thought, “Oh how nice, someone outside my group of friends stumbled upon one of my photos? \u00a0That is kind of cool!” I was excited for all of 2 mins … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[167,106,53,168],"class_list":["post-2706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-google-plus","tag-photo","tag-photography","tag-sharing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZdXI-HE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3557,"url":"https:\/\/mcclanahoochie.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/take-a-photo-each-day-365\/","url_meta":{"origin":2706,"position":0},"title":"Taking a Photo each Day","author":"mcclanahoochie","date":"January 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in 2012 I embarked on a journey that has changed the way I live,\u00a0forever, for the better. 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