JannisJan 16, 2025
I’m curious. What do you see in me? Yes, you, who is reading this.
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Nothing, apparently. I frequently feel invisible, as though people in the world just don’t see me. Both physical and virtual.

Feels like others have a much easier time being heard/seen/read even with just a few posts on social media. That’s also what makes social media deeply un-fun for me and why I post so infrequently.

Nobody acknowledging this toot supports this. I would be very, very, very interested in some perspectives/feedback on this.

Jan 16, 2025 at 5:11pmWeb
Show threadBobo_PK 🦄Jan 16, 2025
@Xjs shout out. No interaction can feel strange but it does not mean that no one reads you or that you do not have any influence.
Show threadJannisJan 16, 2025
@Bobo_PK Thanks for the kind words. I’m honestly interested in feedback, actually. I couldn’t describe myself if I were to write a novel about me in the third person. How I seem, what is noticeable (and what isn’t)… plus I wonder if this inability is normal.
Show threadBobo_PK 🦄Jan 18, 2025
@Xjs music nerd with an interest in politics, hacking and leanguages?
Show threadflashzelleJan 17, 2025

@Xjs
You're not invisible. I have seen you (offline) on at least two different occasions (though on the second one, you were too distracted when I tried to say hi).

Describing people (in few enough words to fit in a toot) is really difficult, and your post felt like I would need a lot of spoons to come up with an appropriately thoughtful answer. Spoons which I didn't have when I read it.

An important use case of social media for me is to get a little bit of (mostly passive) insight into what people I know are doing. That already helps a lot to not completely lose track in between meeting them offline (maybe) once every few years. So even infrequent posts are still good :)

Show threadJannisJan 17, 2025

@flashzelle Thanks for your feedback. I'm truly sorry for being too distracted to notice you — and it teaches me once again that what I see may not always be what's there. When was that? 🙈

Thanks for your perspective. I appreciate it <3