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
@Daojoan Take it! Take it! Take it!

@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".

@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".
@spacehobo @Daojoan nail, head. "I am not your audience" ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
@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.
@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..."
@evan @Daojoan "my statement", like it's a press release by the bloody Pope ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†

@FourT4 @Daojoan

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

@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.

@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

@Daojoan @brib what about posts about taking a break from taking a break from social media posts?
@Daojoan
If this post gets 100 likes, I'll take a break from social media for the rest of the day. ๐Ÿคก
@Daojoan soooo - are you taking a break? ;)
@Daojoan I've been guilty of that, so I took most social media off my phone. It's seeming to help.
@Daojoan closely followed by "Sorry I haven't posted in a while, everyone.".
@Daojoan OMG Guilty of that just this morning. <shame>
@Daojoan @FreakyFwoof Just like a toddler tantrum - they only scream and cry for the attention.
@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.