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Whispering, Protocol and Other Social Inconveniences

mischief.pngI’m feeling a little mischievous today… something that I usually leave to my wife while I look after the more serious things. :grin:

Actually what’s got me thinking is the whole relationship, social, conversational aspect of blogging. The way in which many of the normal social taboos don’t work in the blogiverse.

For instance if I whisper someone’s name here at “Live the GREAT life you desire!”, will they hear me in other parts of cyberspace? (whispers Phil Gerbyshak’s name) And if they do hear me whispering, (whispering Adam Kayce) how will they respond? Do you think that anyone can resist the temptation of finding out why others are talking about them? (pssspt Chris Cree)

You are in a crowded blogosphere… across the other side of the place you hear your name. (sshh Ben might hear) Do you pretend you didn’t notice or do you walk over and join the conversation. (don’t look Liz is on her way over) How do you introduce yourself? (is that really Wendy?)

Blogging is all about the conversation, but it’s not always your conversation. (have you met Easton?) Probably one of the best things you could do is work the room. (hey is that Dawud I see over there?) And as you walk around, you’re likely to meet some great people. (hey Aaron, hi Terry, how you doing Alex?)

Oh yeah and one more thing… while you’re walking around, try to introduce your friends. (I want you to meet Jon) It would just be polite.

  • http://www.troyworman.com Troy Worman

    Great post. Spot on!

  • DaveOlson

    Troy… thanks.

  • http://makeitgreat.typepad.com Phil Gerbyshak

    Hey Dave – GREAT post! Nice to see you and some other familiar faces over here! HELLO everyone :grin:

  • DaveOlson

    Hey Phil… I wondered if you would hear me whispering half way across the continent. You must be like — superman– with super audiotronic hearing.. :lol:

  • http://makeitgreat.typepad.com Phil Gerbyshak

    Of course I hear you Dave. You are only in Canada after all, not outer Mongolia :lol:

  • DaveOlson

    Phil… I was concerned that the recent icing of my igloo walls along with the yelps of the sled dogs may have drowned out my whisper. :lol:

  • http://www.businessblogwire.com Easton Ellsworth

    Did somebody call? Point demonstrated!

  • DaveOlson

    Easton… you are listening! :smile:

  • http://news.iblogger.org/tag/advertising Advertising

    Blogging is all about the conversation :grin:

  • http://alexshalman.com Alex Shalman

    Actually, I would have never known that you called, if I had not went here to see how our last conversation was going. The homepage doesn’t show up in the dashboard for who recently linked in!

    But, I’m here… one way or the other.