tweak your engagement
Inspired by Matt's engagement without engagement.
Commercial social media isn't quite personal social media. For the latter, could certain forms of engagement be more valuable than others? For example:
- Send and open direct messages with personable, compelling, and small enough asks that can snowball into continued conversations.
- Create connections between ideas, and introductions to new people, that you or others wouldn't have created otherwise.
- Share and receive links to content targeting the exact wavelengths of you, your conversation partner, or even the audience.
Notice how I omit likes as a concept. Tending to the above could bear sweeter fruit.
While businesses and content creators seek to convert customers, your personal account can break rank. Find the few people you vibe with the most. Convert your most valuable connects into some of your closest friends. Surprise yourself with how beneficial a connection can be with someone you might have never met in person.
Forget abdicating success marker responsibilities to your platform. You can escape the trap of subpar interaction. Let friendliness and shared intrigue reign supreme. Assign the point of social media to its use as a tool to instill those qualities between you and others. Build meaningful relationships through whatever magical infrastructures you can harness. Do you think championing this attitude could work better than hoping extrinsic analytics go up?
Discover networks most receptive to your current self. Scout for the best, most visible, and most positive entry point. Join the community and don't stop playing the game.
If you claim you don't talk to anyone, list whom you talk to. If you claim disinterest in most people's discourse, list that which interests you enough to engage. Invert your approach if you eliminated the field: tend to your selection and narrow down if needed. Zone in on what excites you best.
Expand your view beyond yourself. What outside attention does your content garner? How often are others interacting with your own words? How often do others put themselves out there beyond their wall? Look at the people that you are into. What do they do well which you can mimic or learn from for your own benefit?
One real connection is better than 1,000 views or impressions that have nothing behind them. 1,000 or less views or impressions that have something behind them can get you one or more real connections.
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