I’ve only made two posts so far, but everyone has given legitimate and intelligent responses to both. It’s made me realize how not used to that I had become. It’s an overwhelming positive feeling to not be nervous about sharing with this community. Thank you to all of you
It’s also very nice not having random downvotes for literally no reason. Some comments on Reddit would just end up getting a random downvote first, preventing it from getting any form of meaningful traction. No idea why, my takes weren’t exactly spicy there, but here that doesn’t seem to happen!
This is why I joined Beehaw specifically.
I’m a shut-in and barely interact with other people. Thankfully, I’m not as depressed as I used to be, and I’m slowly healing, but my days of going out and interacting with people offline are over. Coming to an online community, sharing stuff, is all I have left. A downvote can be a painful thing in these circumstances.
Beehaw also counteracts this with great moderation and a smaller community, which renders the (original) concept of downvoting useless.
I hope you can keep getting into a better place
Thank you! So do I.
Things have improved a lot since I moved last year. Both my mental and physical health are better. So I also try to spend less time on communities, and more time doing something else. Beehaw takes a lot of stress out of being in online communities, though, for the reasons I explained before.
I hope you are well, and enjoying your time here.