The Truman Show

Many years ago, Jim Carrey (sp?) starred in The Truman Show, which chronicles the life of Truman (Carrey) but unbeknownst to him. He lived his entire life before an audience, and many seemingly basic decisions or circumstances were calculated ratings ploys at the hands of the show's producers. Obviously, in this day and age of reality TV, the movie's premise is thought-provoking and perhaps a bit closer to reality than originally planned.

This got me thinking: to what extent are our lives like TTS? Though we aren't unwilling, clueless participants, we do reveal (some more than others) almost every aspect of our lives. Consider: Twitter (post your thoughts anytime, anywhere, allowing "followers" to keep abreast of your every thought); Facebook (post the events of the day, no matter how mundane, trivial, exciting, or revealing; if possible, include photos of said events); YouTube (post videos of the above to prove why others should envy you/ your life); Blogs (long detailed stories of said events, complete with photos that weren't included on FB).

Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever chronicled an entire day via social media? I'm talking every detail from "got up" to "burned the toast for breakfast" to "had to visit the restroom... again!" What would happen to that person's "status" in the on-line social media environment if she did? How would people respond? Would they feel it necessary to respond to EVERY update, or would they grow bored with the play-by-play, and ultimately "unfriend" that person?

I imagine such a detailed update would be difficult; after all, a person consumed with doing so all day probably wouldn't have much to post because she'd be focused on posting everything (and thus wouldn't have time to get anything else done). Still... it makes me wonder...