The world of social media is a vast and often times faceless community. You can follow people, be friends with people, like their stuff, and share their posts; and while that might be a connection, it isn't really personal.
I use all the big social media sites. So by no means am I discrediting them - you can find me on Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook... and probably others I signed up for at one point and have since forgotten about - but what my point is, is that real connections, true interactions are limited.
Especially for sites where the author has thousands of followers that visit daily and the comments/likes number in the hundreds.
As my friend, Josh, pointed out to me last night, I do not work these said social media sites in a manner that builds a following. And he's right. I don't do that. I want to do that. I just don't know how to do that. Ahh internet you have once again (and always) outsmarted the workings of my understanding.
But one person who does know how to do that, and is doing it well is Leslie Kay of DisneyBound. I visit her page on a daily basis, and although it is rare that I leave a comment on her blog, I have sent her a tweet or two and to my delight she's responded!
I got this one back from her while I was out walking around the shopping streets in Nampo yesterday (6/23).
It's a small thing that probably only matters to me, but I was struck by how nice it was. She has thousands of followers (5,000+ on her twitter and I'm sure many more times that for her blog), yet she still responded.
It's just nice.
Should my Twitter, Instagram, blog and what have you ever reach such a large following, I hope I'd be able to do the same - stay truly connected to those that invested in me and are interested in my life and words.
Bambi: “I'll never forget any of you.” | Thumper: “Of course not. Can't forget your bestest friend.”
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