Deleted my Twitters
So a long time ago, I wrote about whatever I was dealing with or digesting mentally here. Some while later, I drifted away, swooned by the allure of younger social networks.
When I did so, I lost all connections with some of the nicest people, that shared their own trials and tribulations too.
I mean, everyone drifts away from what they're active on eventually, so I wasn't the first to leave the LiveJournal either.
A few stayed on the platform, and I had trouble remembering who they were, even though I'd added RSS alerts for new updates.
Later I really got into twitter, and hoarded 3k follows (not followers, ew... I have 80 followers at the end, and I was always trimming and scanning for spam or just unsavory followers. I was always afraid of saying a buzzword and getting replied at by a "productivity guru". I tried participating in "the collective discussion" and currated a list of "Cool people I admire" who generally gave me new perspectives on things that I kinda understood and shared their pain of things that I definately didn't understand.
I joined their discords and tried to keep up with the flow of the conversation, but rarely felt like I was more than dog-paddling against the current.
I felt alone and misunderstood myself.
Maybe I'm back. I'd love to know if you see this.
When I did so, I lost all connections with some of the nicest people, that shared their own trials and tribulations too.
I mean, everyone drifts away from what they're active on eventually, so I wasn't the first to leave the LiveJournal either.
A few stayed on the platform, and I had trouble remembering who they were, even though I'd added RSS alerts for new updates.
Later I really got into twitter, and hoarded 3k follows (not followers, ew... I have 80 followers at the end, and I was always trimming and scanning for spam or just unsavory followers. I was always afraid of saying a buzzword and getting replied at by a "productivity guru". I tried participating in "the collective discussion" and currated a list of "Cool people I admire" who generally gave me new perspectives on things that I kinda understood and shared their pain of things that I definately didn't understand.
I joined their discords and tried to keep up with the flow of the conversation, but rarely felt like I was more than dog-paddling against the current.
I felt alone and misunderstood myself.
Maybe I'm back. I'd love to know if you see this.