Of course, what you say rings true for me, as well... and perhaps part of the reason I never really "succeeded" at Facebook or twitter/X is related to the fact that I value my friendships and connections in terms of depth rather than quantity (and number of "likes") which is evidently abnormal in this day and age.

Of course, it can be a two-way street because likely there's almost nobody in my friends/family circle who want to hear constant updates about my stamp collection, or research projects I've dived into. In other words, there's also an onus on the publisher to be somewhat cognizant of not having tunnel vision, if your desire is to have other people actually read your stuff.

From my perspective MySpace and Facebook effectively killed the social web by substituting a "like" button and emojis for actual engagement. For many people, they created the social web...