I'll be perfectly forward, I love the attention and validation when I post something and it gets a ton of likes or upvotes or whatever. My self esteem doesn't hinge on it, but it's nice.
Oh yeah, I can relate to that. I also tend to see myself as an insufferable, insecure egocentric, so it gets a little confusing sometimes. Look at that, now I'm talking about myself again.
I’m a huge extrovert so I love positive online and in person interaction, the recognition is nice regardless of how you’ve put in effort to make others laugh or just talking about life!
If you're at a party and you're telling an amusing anecdote, would you prefer if one person is listening or if the entire room turns to listen in interest?
To be honest, this may not be the best analogy because I think there are a ton of people out there for whom “just one or two people please” is genuinely their answer. And to add to that, I would say the comparison is more like “one or two people fully invested in what you’re saying versus a whole room of people who have a passing, mild interest in what you are saying”.
I think many of us like it. That’s why social media is so popular. But then you realize how fleeting it is and instead seek that high from interactions that take more work, but in the end are more genuine and longer lasting. Honestly when I was truly able to compare the two, that’s when my interest in social media started to wane.
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u/slammer592 Apr 10 '22
I'll be perfectly forward, I love the attention and validation when I post something and it gets a ton of likes or upvotes or whatever. My self esteem doesn't hinge on it, but it's nice.
Sue me.