For some reason I struggle to make farcaster my home. I don't enjoy twitter's polarisation and loudness yet here I feel like even friends don't notice each other's words in the silence. And I'm very unlikely to start cross-posting or any automated management - it either comes naturally or I'm gone... But I'm trying.

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yeah, I know. engagement is what keeps us coming back. i'm following so will try to amplify a bit more when I see you in my feed :)

Thanks, I will try. I get really uninspired seeing little to know reaction. Like I can tolerate being unpopular or controversial, I never write to be popular, but being overlooked completely is...

Well, Google+ experience was similar (and I also loved the technical part there), I think farcaster has about the same gender split too.

try and post every day for a week and then see how you feel! I'm the same way, inspiration or thoughts come and go in bursts and sometimes find its easier to engage with content vs create my own.

Well, perhaps it's not always a bad thing. Better than everyone trying to influence others all the time. There are definitely some good parts about having a quiet space to talk that yet is not a private diary, I used to have spaces kinda like that in some previous lifes.

You aren’t wrong. The self preoccupation level is higher here on average.

don't try so hard... just be yourself and hang out

Making friends is somehow one of the hardest thing for me, I rarely have more than one or two people close to me at a given moment, when at all. But I'm certainly willing to try and be open to it.

It is easy to make friends here if you are willing to