One of the major problems with social media is its performative nature. And I’m not just talking about the content people post. Everyone gets that. It’s the replies. Most people don’t care at all about the person posting or what they said. They care about the attention they might get if the big account’s post pops off. The incentives are completely misaligned from how humans are designed to work. It has no concern for trust. It couldn’t care less about relationships. There’s no depth or warmth or affection. It’s just performative transacting to gain more attention. And the original poster knows this. There’s no point in engaging in conversation with someone who only responds to what you said in order to get attention from others. It would be like trying to chat with someone in a coffee shop, and instead of responding to you after you spoke, they turned and shouted a response to everyone else in the coffee shop. The whole situation becomes spiritually depraved at the core. Which is why so many people feel empty and relationsless even after “corresponding” all day here. I commend the few who are able to still use this place as a way of connecting and forming relationships. It’s the most amazing tool in human history in that regard. But, if you want to assure you truly keep your soul intact, you need to connect 1:1 with people you meet here. In person if you can. Everything else leads to depravity.