1. Something weird I've started to feel on Twitter is that I have an ego (???) / sense of self on here

When you join at first. You dont know the rules, and you don't know anyone. You just sit there shouting into the void and wonder if you exist or not
2. You learn the rules and start existing on Twitter. First few followers are bots & followback types. But then something weird happens. Real people start showing up. Not any people. Your people

These are people who truly want to hear you, and probably feel what you say
3. Suddenly, the void now talks back, and it's quite nice

Twitter went from, I'm here for expert opinions and memes to I'm here for my friends (I dont use this word lightly.)

Equally strange if not more. I feel like I exist and matter
4. IRL I am much more quiet than I am here. What do I have to say that people would care about? Why say something if no one will listen? And at its most extreme does my existance even matter (traces of depression I know)

Twitter resolves most of this for me
5. People will hear what I say on here. If they like it, they engage. And I get to feel good (emotional processing isnt my strong point lol)

I can also discuss things that I cant discuss IRL. Either because IRL people are scared or have Very different priors
6. IRL there's a mask & a social script. Both are quite suffocating. "I" don't pop up often

Here I can be myself more (odd now that I think about it. I break almost every social script irl. Perhaps being appreciated for it matters more)

I feel appreciated for who I am
7. This is all coming from a guy who actively resists a notion of a self. (I.e we are behaviours and we can change) Makes it extremely weird for me to feel this stuff

/end and love you all😘
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