5 Common note Experiences: Are You Pretending Not to Care About Likes?
It's been almost four months since I started using note.
I've been secretly feeling some "note common experiences".
Today, I'm going to write about five of them.
1. The problem where your best work flops
An article you poured your heart into, spending hours refining the structure and the punchline, and revising over and over.
I posted it, convinced that "this one is definitely going to be a hit!"
…And yet, for some reason, it doesn't gain any traction.
Huh??
On the other hand, a loose, trivial story I wrote on a whim,
something I'd forgotten the content of the moment I finished writing it,
somehow ends up being surprisingly popular.
Wait, why?
Is it not about the content?
Is it the timing of the post?
Or is it just a prank by the algorithm?
…Honestly, I still don't really understand.
2. The "Is this actually funny?" infinite loop
An episode I started writing with great enthusiasm, thinking, "This is definitely funny!"
But as I read it over and over again,
"Wait, is this actually funny?"
"Am I the only one who finds this amusing?"
I suddenly start to feel anxious.
The confidence I had just a moment ago vanishes, and in the end, I think, "Maybe I shouldn't..." and move it back to drafts.
While writing, I lose track of what's even funny.
I even start wondering why I was laughing at it in the first place.
3. The mysterious bestselling author phenomenon
When my previous article does better than expected, what awaits me next is a mysterious pressure.
"Should I stick to the same style next time?"
"No, should I try something different here?"
I start worrying about it very seriously.
Before long,
"I see, so this is what they call the "agony of creation"…"
I start to agonize with a distant look in my eyes.
I feel exactly like a
super-bestselling author whose next work is highly anticipated.But when I think about it calmly, I'm just an
unemployed note user.(Nobody is actually expecting anything from you...)
You're only good at being grandiosely mistaken.
It's truly painful, so be careful.
4. "I don't care" is usually a lie
"No, no, likes are just numbers, right?
I mean, I don't care about them at all, really?"
That's what you say with your mouth.
You post an article,
at first the likes increase steadily,
but when they suddenly stop at a certain point,
"Wait... why...?"
"What was wrong with it...?"
You suddenly enter analysis mode.
"Maybe the theme I chose was bad"
"I feel like the title wasn't great"
You think about it desperately and go in circles.
...No, no, you care about the number of likes
more than anyone else.
5. The comment section: Heaven and Hell
I'm super introverted, so
I rarely have the courage to write
comments on other people's pages.
That's exactly why, when I receive a comment,
I'm incredibly happy.
"Wow, thank you so much!!" is what
I truly think.
But, the very rare,
surprisingly condescending comment.
Once you get hit by one of those,
it feels like being struck in the head.
"I'm quitting Note... (crying)"
With just one negative comment,
that feeling where everything shakes.
Am I, after all,
the person with the weakest mentality?
Well, all things considered,
including these ups and downs,
I am currently enjoying Note with all my might.
So today again,
"I don't care about it at all, really?"
while pretending to be cool like that,
I wait for the like notifications
with a pounding heart.