15? I'm happy to see 2-3. I'm happy all day when I see a positive reply to my comment.
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That's a really open and insightful point
You've made my day, thank you!
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Theres a guy I know who focuses on always getting high numbers. He's one of those startup weirdos.
Bragged that he got 100 likes with his new shirt.
Bragged that his photo of his smoothy got major engagement and was trending.
It seems exhausting to constantly perform like that.
I think about that quite a lot when I'm watching some of my favourite channels on YouTube. Just how much they have to keep on having ideas, and how much time and effort goes in to that 15 minute video you've just watched.
I don't have the energy for that.
My wife handles my social media for my company and does exactly what you say. 2 days on a simple clip just to get a few engagements. I appreciate her efforts from the bottom of my heart, but I hardly think it's worth it. I'd rather her use that time and energy to do something that makes her happy.
Depending on what you're doing, mind, the ends can justify the means. My radio show is two hours on air each week. But to get to those two hours...
Log all the suggestions from listeners: 1 hour Download the songs: 1 hour Decide which songs to play: 2 hours Programme the running order: 1/2 hour Writing posts and general admin: 1/2 hour Editing the recorded show: 1/4 hour (if I haven't fucked anything up) Uploading to Mixcloud (inc. tagging, etc): 1/4 hour
So that's 5 1/2 hours without once hitting play in Mixxx.
And that doesn't include the hour my wife puts in to making each week's running order into a playlist on Apple and Spotify, and the artwork she makes for each episode.
I love doing my show, but yeah, a hell of a lot of work goes into those two hours.
Dude I get pumped for even a few upvotes here, especially if it's something I'm enthusiastic about. That shit goes far with me 😊 I love you dorks
Awww we love you too!
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It's not the same, likes cost nothing. Imagine going around and telling every poster you upvote "good comment, I like this".
That's a good comment. Genuinely I nodded reading it.
Solid comment, A++++, would read again.
Thank you very much I like your comment too.
15 likes doesn’t make you a loser, 1000 likes does
That sounds like a challenge. C’mon fellas, this cup size connoisseur thinks we can’t make them look bad with our upvotes!
*click* aaaaand three. Take THAT, oh ye of little faith!
It’s just the amount of effort to build an audience requires not having a life so well adjusted/normal people don’t get into it
Yeah, in reality you are totally right. On stuff like Reddit not only did I ignore scores or engagement indicators, but I almost never commented in the first place. On Lemmy not only is is nicer to comment and interact because of the audience, it is interesting to know that a couple people or a couple dozen people agreed/disagreed, or that it resonated with them, etc.
And you have to love how my suggestion got ZERO buy in around here.
Every Monday night I do a radio show. Most weeks I get about 15 people listening, and have had to work really hard to stay at a place where I'm happy that it's as many as that.
Time is fleeting, we don't get back what we've used, so it blows my mind that 15 people choose to spend two hours of their week listening to my bullshit. Sure, I'd like it to be more, but I'll take what I can get.
Every week you have 15 people sitting in a circle hanging on your every word for two whole hours. And they keep coming back. That’s a lot of good friends, man! If they were there in person we’d all wonder if you were a cult leader.
It isn't a cult, I just really like robes.
Plug your shit man. I'll be number 16 at least once.
OK!
Well, I'm live at https://stream.djdarren.site/ between 1900-2100 UK time every Monday, after which I upload it to Mixcloud.
what's your show about? I may give it a listen if it's a topic of interest to me :)
Its theme based. At the end of every show I announce the theme for next week's, then the suggestions come pouring in via Mastodon.
Tonight's theme is covers, and I currently have 5 1/2 hours of suggestions to dig through.
Seems like a lot of suggestions for just 15 people... Sounds like you might have more listeners than you think.
Yeah, what @Notyou@sopuli.xyz said. I stream with Owncast, so can see how many are online. On average it's 15. But yeah, I seem to get around 30 listens per episode on Mixcloud during the weeks after.
This week's theme is cover versions, which everyone loves, so I've had an unusual number of suggestions. One guy dropped about 20 at me.
All in all it's a nice, manageable number for me. I'm very aware that if I had 1000 people throwing suggestions at me each week I'd feel like I was drowning and would almost certainly get scared away from it. While it's something I fit in around a full time job, that is.
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Two people told me the salad I was making at the grocery store salad bar looked good. I was like damn. I’m really good at making salads.
Don't knock yourself down! I'm sure your glitter is great too!
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Last week at work two different people walked by me at lunch and said “your sandwiches always look amazing” and I literally can’t shut up about that now.
Tell me everything about your amazing sandwiches
On Sara Lee Artisano bread, in this order: Yellow mustard Two slices of oven roasted turkey breast One slice of cheese (baby Swiss or Gouda) Another slice of turkey Another slice of cheese Green or red leaf lettuce A thick slice of beefsteak tomato Onion Mayo
I pack the lettuce tomato and onion in a separate zip top bag and add them to the sandwich right before eating it. Makes all the difference.
I randomly made this the first time I actually took my lunch to work and at the first bite was like “FUCK that’s a good sandwich” and I’ve taken the exact same thing every day for weeks now.
On Sara Lee Artisano bread,
Bruh what? I'm sure the sandwich is good, but a great sandwich begins and ends with the bread, and I just don't know that Sara Lee cuts it imo
I pack the lettuce tomato and onion in a separate zip top bag and add them to the sandwich right before eating it. Makes all the difference.
This is the real protip right here.
Certainly go with the bread you like, but the Artesano is #1 rated from America’s Test Kitchen for supermarket white bread. I use it because the loaf lasts me two weeks without going stale or moldy. I’d prefer fresh bread from the bakery or the farmers market but it just doesn’t last long enough to use the whole loaf.
I'll take bread baked by a local bakery over anything Sara Lee, 100% of the time.
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Man here, I am still riding the following highs:
2 months ago, a cashier told me that my leather jacket was cool
~5 years ago, another cashier said she thought my outfit looked was nice
~7 years ago, a clerk at a deli told me that I had a nice voice
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I don't have to imagine. I'm sure almost 15 people have complimented my appearance over the course of my entire life.
Look at Mr George Clooney over here
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If "social media" is telling you that, then stop seeing "social media". Only spend time with those that pump you up.
You are wonderful, just the way you are.
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