{"id":16024,"date":"2024-01-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?p=16024"},"modified":"2024-01-10T10:31:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:31:28","slug":"20-days-of-chill-2024-thumbs-up-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?p=16024","title":{"rendered":"20 Days of Chill 2024: Thumbs up (Day 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Has anybody noticed all the thumbs up around here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are we all so ingrained in social media that everything is a thumbs up? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who don\u2019t know, I work in a couple of school districts handling PR. That can include a lot of things, but photography and video is a big part of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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And goodness there are a lot of thumbs up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My style of photography, at least when I am doing an event, or going into classes, is to get kids doing what I am there for. Maybe it\u2019s a project. Or a game. Or a class assignment etc. But so many of them will stare and smile (never a bad thing) and often give a thumbs up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just don\u2019t get it. Why is everything like that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it because with social media it\u2019s all about the likes? Give the ol\u2019 thumbs up? <\/p>\n\n\n

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You will often enough get a peace sign or, what I call the surf\u2019s up sign (index and pinky), but when the hands are used, it\u2019s more often the thumb going into the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s crazy, though, that kids \u2013 even younger ones \u2013 do this. But it\u2019s also the generation. If you think about it, kids in elementary\/middle school, and even to an extent high school, have grown up in a world of social media. Photos are much easier to take and view than when I was a kid \u2013 anybody remember disc cameras? So the ability to ham it up is there and is a quicker gratification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that leads to everything else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media is about the likes, the shares, the comments \u2013 the thumb!\u00a0Kids mimic things like that.\u00a0So of course if they see others do the thumbs up, why wouldn’t they? And, I will admit, at times it does make for a good photo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just not all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s where we are. And it\u2019s likely going to just keep going and going. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thumbs up if you agree!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linkup for Day 8: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n