And THAT is another part of my X-Y-Z that I’m paying attention to.
We use the word “community” a lot.
But what actually makes something a community?
Is it simply being a member?
Or is it showing up?
Reading somebody’s post. Leaving a comment. Liking something. Answering a question. Celebrating somebody’s win. Giving feedback when somebody is trying to figure something out.
I’m asking because I’m studying my own analytics right now.
I posted my MY X-Y-Z conversation because I’m genuinely trying to understand where the disconnect is in my business.
And then I started thinking about something bigger:
How many times have I seen somebody else’s post, read the whole thing, learned something from it…and kept scrolling without saying a word?
Probably more times than I realize.
So if I post something and nobody responds, should I automatically assume nobody cares?
No.
People have jobs.
People have businesses.
People have children.
People have their own problems.
People open something intending to come back and completely forget.
We busy. 😂
And I'm learning not to attach emotion to analytics.
A view is data.
A comment is data.
No comment is data too.
But none of those things automatically tell me how somebody feels about me.
At the same time, I think there’s something all of us can learn from this:
If we want community, we have to participate in community.
That includes me.
Maybe I need to comment more.
Maybe I need to answer more posts.
Maybe somebody in here has been wondering why nobody responded to THEM while I was busy wondering why nobody responded to ME.
That’ll preach. 😂
So this isn't a complaint.
It’s an observation.
And a reminder to myself:
Don’t take silence personally. People are living whole lives on the other side of these screens.
But when you DO have a minute?
Like the post.
Answer the question.
Tell somebody congratulations.
Give them the feedback.
Because sometimes that tiny interaction is the thing that reminds somebody:
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1 Jump to latestAnd THAT is another part of my X-Y-Z that I’m paying attention to.
We use the word “community” a lot.
But what actually makes something a community?
Is it simply being a member?
Or is it showing up?
Reading somebody’s post.
Leaving a comment.
Liking something.
Answering a question.
Celebrating somebody’s win.
Giving feedback when somebody is trying to figure something out.
I’m asking because I’m studying my own analytics right now.
I posted my MY X-Y-Z conversation because I’m genuinely trying to understand where the disconnect is in my business.
And then I started thinking about something bigger:
How many times have I seen somebody else’s post, read the whole thing, learned something from it…and kept scrolling without saying a word?
Probably more times than I realize.
So if I post something and nobody responds, should I automatically assume nobody cares?
No.
People have jobs.
People have businesses.
People have children.
People have their own problems.
People open something intending to come back and completely forget.
We busy. 😂
And I'm learning not to attach emotion to analytics.
A view is data.
A comment is data.
No comment is data too.
But none of those things automatically tell me how somebody feels about me.
At the same time, I think there’s something all of us can learn from this:
If we want community, we have to participate in community.
That includes me.
Maybe I need to comment more.
Maybe I need to answer more posts.
Maybe somebody in here has been wondering why nobody responded to THEM while I was busy wondering why nobody responded to ME.
That’ll preach. 😂
So this isn't a complaint.
It’s an observation.
And a reminder to myself:
Don’t take silence personally. People are living whole lives on the other side of these screens.
But when you DO have a minute?
Like the post.
Answer the question.
Tell somebody congratulations.
Give them the feedback.
Because sometimes that tiny interaction is the thing that reminds somebody:
“Oh. There really are people in here with me.”