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.

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

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.