Reddit vs. X vs. Insta vs. WP
I have found many informative forums on Reddit, but recently I have been puzzled by the reactions of the mods and others.
My first attempt at sharing my humor with more people came earlier this year when I posted two of my cartoons on the sub /funny and received this message for both:
Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/funny.
Moderators remove posts from feeds for a variety of reasons, including keeping communities safe, civil, and true to their purpose.
No reply to my query was received.
Then I posted yesterday’s blog on several sci-fi boards:
Thursday Thoughts: Writing Science Fiction
Boy, was I surprised by the backlash. I thought it was obviously written as a tongue-in-cheek look at sci-fi writing. I won’t go over the replies, let’s just say I threw up my arms and wound up deleting the post.
To compare, 29 people gave it a like on Instagram. Now to be fair, many of those are followers, which leads me to the conclusion: Strangers have no sense of humor.
As for X, as soon as I posted something creative with a link, the algorithm immediately sent it into the void where it received 4 views in 23 hours, leading me to the conclusion: X sucks.
Oh, here, you ask? Ten views (about average for my posts), seven likes, no negative comments, which leads me to the conclusion: People are nicer here.
-Leon
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.
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