Lately I’ve been feeling very alone on Micro.blog. My posts are mostly ignored. I post a variety of things, so it can’t all be uninteresting. This place makes me sad more than it makes me happy. Don’t know what to do about that.
@mbkriegh Fwiw, I understand the sentiment but think that it’s also an unavoidable part of an “internet community” that doesn’t cater to the easy (and addictive) likes and shares. Personally, I have much more anxiety (to a degree I’m not excited to admit) over online conversations and commenting, which I always fear will be “judged,” misunderstood, or read in the wrong tone (I use the 🤓 face to cover a multitude of sins … 🤓), than I do about just posting for posting/writing/sharing’s sake. I opened a micro.blog page because friends and family had asked for so long for some way to “follow” me online. I know zero people in real life who use micro.blog. It was (is) meant to be for them to check and read if and when they feel like it, which they sometimes do, but it’s never the same because it doesn’t show up in a newsfeed or a notification. But that means, again, personally speaking, that I have to remind myself that while what I write or share here at least can be for others, it’s mostly just for me because I like doing it. When I start feeling like I’m posting for the micro.blog community or for comments, I quickly feel that anxiety come back in and it makes me want to remove the internet from my life altogether. (Still not an impossibility, frankly.) I’ve also found benefits to different kinds of online life: this one, a static blog with no social connection, a Buttondown newsletter — each has its own (mental) benefit, for sure. In any case, I hope you find some peace about it and keep on sharing 🙂