Given that I’m back on instagram, tumblr, cohost and testing mastodon – I’m still not sure with mastodon (you really have to be super interactive/engaging and I’m more of a lurker) and I’ve cut out dillyhub, artfol and inkblot since there’s not much of an mainstream audience there – it’s more communities I don’t have the bandwidth to invest/commit/get into.
Part of me also thinks “stuff you, rude internet stranger!!” Reminding myself to fail fast and keep testing things ’P I need to remind myself to focus on sharing the journey and I’m not trying to please everyone. The sad, hurt feelings passes after a while and hopefully I’ll desensitise myself over time but it sucks :<Įdit: At the very time I published this post, I lost youtube subscribers and got some dislikes.
Social media is great at making me feel terrible and I can’t help but feel sensitive and insecure with metrics, especially at my lowest. Most of my videos don’t get much traction anyway (which is normal). It’s the random minority but I keep questioning what I did wrong. The safest way is to sign up for my blog’s email updates rather than depend on social media platforms but I don’t think that’s a popular option :’) I super appreciate the small handful of people who are still on the mailing list, thank you!!Īhhh I am overwhelmed with posting to many social places and I’m just trying to see what sticks :’)īeen feeling upset/irritated/hurt when I get sudden bunch of dislikes on some Youtube videos and trying to not take it personally nor get discouraged.
It’s just not worth my full time and effort but I’m managing what I can :’) Instagram and twitter have both plateaued/fluctuated for years for me so I don’t know if I’m reaching people, let alone those who kindly follow me. Or they don’t care for what you post/say/do. Personally I don’t miss the mixed, sad feeling like you’re at a social event/town square and it turns out you’re mostly talking to yourself as people walk/scroll past you without a second thought and go for the hot takes/toxic drama/discussion/popular/entertaining/educational people. People, artists around the world and companies felt accessible there (in a distant, online kind of way). It’s where I have my largest (but most are not engaged) audience and how I’ve met many gamedev people before I reverted back into a hermit. I’m kind of sad that Twitter is dying – for the few good things. Had to search for artist/peeps elsewhere, figuring out Mastodon & Cohost and I don’t know how long twitter is going to be around :’)
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