Two-Track-MindMar 11
JA Westenberg
posting โ€œIโ€™m taking a break from social mediaโ€ on social media and then checking how many likes it gets is a very specific kind of modern illness
Mar 11 at 10:14amTypefully
Show threadjavier Mar 11
@Daojoan Take it! Take it! Take it!
Show threadlobingeraMar 11
@Daojoan word!
Show threadJon RoachMar 11

@Daojoan attention getting for "please don't go" replies that never come.

see also "I'm back here on mastodon to see if it's any better but I'll leave if I don't get the engagement".

Show threadSpace HoboMar 11
@FourT4 @Daojoan I always feel like Mastodon is largely for people holding conversations, but the people who speak like that seem to only want "audience feedback".
Show threadJon RoachMar 11
@spacehobo @Daojoan nail, head. "I am not your audience" ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
Show threadSpace HoboMar 11
@FourT4 Of course, this take of mine is tempered particularly in this conversation by @Daojoan's success in writing more generally and reaching interested readers on here.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 11
@FourT4 "I'm on a break from social media right now (hashtag blessed, hashtag selfcare), but people kept reaching out for my opinion on @Daojoan 's latest fiasco so I am sharing my statement here..."
Show threadJon RoachMar 11
@evan @Daojoan "my statement", like it's a press release by the bloody Pope ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†
Show threadtuban_muzuruMar 11

@FourT4 @Daojoan

... sometimes they do come. Masto is a caring place. Hugs are given.

Show threadTrimTab ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆMar 11
@Daojoan
Yeah, i chuckle now and then at these actions. I always figured those folks are struggling with fragile egos and a poorly developed sense of self.
Show threadtuban_muzuruMar 11

@TrimTab @Daojoan

eccchh... if you don't look back with cringe, you're not making progress.

I've written gbcw - it's a cry for help. I won't write any more, heh

Show threadKestralMar 11
@Daojoan @brib what about posts about taking a break from taking a break from social media posts?
Show threadstiltsMar 11
@Daojoan
If this post gets 100 likes, I'll take a break from social media for the rest of the day. ๐Ÿคก
Show threadDistractionsMar 11
@Daojoan soooo - are you taking a break? ;)
Show threadTeacherThomasMar 11
@Daojoan I've been guilty of that, so I took most social media off my phone. It's seeming to help.
Show threadIarlaiแนซMar 11
@Daojoan closely followed by "Sorry I haven't posted in a while, everyone.".
Show threadSpencer LindsayMar 11
@Daojoan OMG Guilty of that just this morning. <shame>
Show threadMatias Aunola ๐Ÿšฒ๐ŸŒˆMar 11
@Daojoan wha-wha-whaaat?
Show threadDavid CohenMar 12
@Daojoan @FreakyFwoof Just like a toddler tantrum - they only scream and cry for the attention.
Show threadAndre LouisMar 12
@davidbcohen @Daojoan Techmoan put it best once years ago when he said that people like that are like airport/railway announcements. Everybody hears them but nobody cares.
Like the people that say 'OK I'll be back in an hour' on social media... Just why? If you don't answer me in 27 and a half seconds I'm not gonna be pissed about it, promise. I don't need your instant validation.
You do not need to announce you're leaving. Just... Leave, do your thing and come back, *without* broadcasting the fact.