I know a lot of people have left. That's the word on the Steem platform anyway. I kind of forget about most of the people who aren't here. I really don't notice unless it's someone I interact with all the time - and for me that's only a handful of people. Maybe that is a flaw on my part, I don't know.

Feeling like a bit of a perfectionist, I was pondering over why the number of comments on my posts have been lower than they used to be, especially the last post I created, and my last ulog. I thought of different possibilities as to why. Weigh in on this if you want with all honesty, I won't break. 😜

Maybe it's because occasionally I swing from daily, or almost daily posting, to taking a break when I run out of ideas. During my absences, I'll throw in a steepshot post once a week or so to show I'm still alive. I'm inconsistent, and that's a big no-no.

My posts are only appealing to a few people? I lost my edge. They aren't interesting enough.

I'm doing something wrong?? I'm missing the mark.... I've gotten lazy, and I'm not connecting with people. Not with newbies, and not with some of the people who are still here... I rarely pay attention to who is coming in and joining @thealliance. I don't even know half the people there anymore. How embarrassing! I need to step it up a notch! Am I not understanding or have I forgotten proper etiquette?

People don't like me/my beliefs? They judge me? Or maybe they just like other people better? Did I piss some people off without knowing it?

I'm not part of a team endeavor. It seems like everyone has a task or a job, or they fit into place somewhere doing something in a group setting. Volunteers for charities, curation groups, moderators in discord, collaborators for this and that. I've never pursued any of this really. Maybe that's my problem...

There are less people here. Yes! There are less people here, therefore less interaction! That makes me feel a lot better about myself. Hmm...I wonder how many people I follow aren't here any more. I'm going to delete everyone who has been gone for a month or more, and see how many people I have left.

See how the mind works sometimes? The brain can be a pretty scary place!! This is anxiety in motion.

So I jumped into the tedious task of purging, starting with letter A, and after 45 minutes of checking individual accounts, one by one, I unfollowed 37 people, for no reason other than inactivity. It would have been 39, but I spared the 2 people who introduced me to this place, because I know them personally. It was very sad to visit some of these accounts, remembering the unique contributions they used to give us.

Yes, 37 unused accounts. I started with 727, and I now follow 690. Here's the caveat though:

So far, I have only made it through letter C!!!

In fact, I unfollowed more people than I kept around!

Not to sound like an alarmist, but...

Are we dying?

How do we fix this?

Any killer accounts I should be following? Because pretty soon I'm not going to be following very many people...

I'll be resuming this task later. It's going to take forever. 😨 I'm determined though. It must be done!

Love, snowpea ❤

P.S. I'll be starting a challenge tomorrow or Monday, called Steem And Me: 5 Questions Answered. I'm hoping for a lot of participation, so I can tally the responses into statistics that represent as much of the Steem community as possible. You answer 5 questions pertaining to your experience in a post, tag others(optional), and use the tag steemandme. If you're interested, let me know in the comments, and I'll make sure to tag you when it starts.

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