Indeed, this is a question that I have been asking myself for a long long time. Well, actually since the mid-90s when all this impersonal massive worldwide online communications started.
In my case, it has always called powerfully my attention my extreme difficulty to get comments, opinions and feedback about what I communicate and intend to communicate. Either written or oral. Since the ancestral times of anonymous & impersonal interactions from the distance through ancient online services like BBSs, Newsgroups, Forums, IRC, IM apps, etc. Obviously more recently, also through personal blogs, popular media outlets websites, social media platforms and better stop counting. :)
I really dunno, at least not in a precise way. How people perceives me through what I write and in the way that I usually express my way of thinking. I don't have the remotest idea of the picture, image or the little movie that people project in their head about what I could be and I must looks like. Yes, perhaps I tend to be very exhaustive and illustrative in my comments, opinions, explanations and general content. And this probably leaves little space to add anything else to the conversation. But, these poor results in obtaining feedback must always and eternally be the same?
Many times I have the feeling that when I share what I think publicly. Either through an article, a post or a thoughtful and long commentary out there, people stay as if I had given them the present below as a Christmas gift.
They seems to just don't know how to react to that. And they prefer to remain silent. Leaving me always on the embers without know anything else anymore.
Around eight months ago I wrote a post in which I already touched the topic and I talked a lot about this issue. Even going so far as to describe in detail a big part of my curious history online.
Yes, no need to say that regardless this post has got barely 25 views in its entire life, I was fortunate enough to obtain a highly revealing and insightful comment from my good friend @denmarkguy. Yeah! only one comment. And I must confess, that this comment came after I kindly and expresally invited him to comment. Otherwise crickets would sounds all around that post. Tsk Tsk
Therefore, I invite you to shed some light on this matter. Sharing your opinions, knowledge and experiences.
¿Has some of this also been happening to you at some point before?
¿Is always splatting away your thoughts clearly, eloquently, coherently, without ambiguity, trying hard to leave no place to misunderstandings, double messages and/or possible confusions since you always put the right effort to be as illustrative and perhaps until the extreme to be so didactically audiovisual minded with your carefully chosen words as much as you can on all your endeavors?
¿Is this in and of itself a de facto conversation killer which defeats discussion and further exchange of ideas?
Yes, I go back and I repeat it. Comments and feedback is the most precious value for us authors. The most ambitious prize to obtain for our efforts creating original quality content on public platforms. In our attempt to spawn inspiration, share KnowHow and knowledge, create awareness and generate value from it.
Drop a comment on someone's article is free and obviously cheaper than an upvote. This will not cost you a single penny. Evidently, this will only take a few minutes of your time to read what has been written in order to know what to say and comment accordingly.
But.. ¿How comes it has been always so elusive and hard to me get some of these pearls?
I must confess that according what the title of this post says in that bit: "without previously knowing you closely inside and out" I almost fell into the temptation to upload a photo of me to let you know me closer and better. And consequently, stop judging me only by what I say or write. But yeah, I guess I'd better leave that for another occasion when you're less scared. }:)
Instead, as a kind of my customary 'Abstract Aural Bits' with which I usually finish most of my articles. On this opportunity, I'd wish to invite you to listen this tune below by clicking on the image. Although it is not a visual representation of me, about how I look in person. I suspect that you will never get a greater and closer approximation to what I really am. Because after the great deal with all the time, effort, soul and heart that I dedicated to the creation of this song. I assure you that my identity and personality is fully stamped, depicted and expressed through it from beginning to end. Since from the slow cadence and mysterious melody and beats at the start all along through the gradually wildest nuances at the end. This song tell tons about who I really am. :)
Then, are you now willing to comment and say something on this post?
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