I often find myself circling back to the same question.
What value do I add?
I don’t mean to ask you this, but I also do not mean it rhetorically. I’m sure anyone reading this could figure out some value that I add to something. To you, or the economy, or to someone else. But this is a question I often ask myself in regards to specific activities, sometimes.
Recently, I’ve been posting on X dot com, “the everything app.” When I first started, I told myself that I was funny. That you need to be delusional if you want to draw an audience. That of course I had something to provide to the platform-- to people. Because, have you met me?
And it worked. I’ve somehow amassed over 400 followers in less than 3 months. Less than 3 months.To be completely honest, I don’t know. Sometimes I start writing and the vision becomes clear to me. “The value I add is .”
I don’t know.
I still think I’m funny. But am I that much funnier than other people?Perhaps exposure has diluted my delusion. I understand now that it’s actually quite difficult to provide a unique service to people on social media. Sometimes I feel like I’ve already said everything I have to say. Or, sometimes, that I can’t say what I want to say.
Around week 3 of posting on X, I gained over 100 followers in less than a week. I started with about 30 and, by the time the plateau hit, I was at over 150 followers. All of this pressure, coupled with shit happening in “real life”, caused me to burn out. I had someone tell me I need to rise to the occasion. That I shouldn’t let my momentum die. I had another person tell me that people followed me for me! That I shouldn’t feel too much pressure because they just want me!
I think twitter isn’t real.So what value do I add?
Saying I’m not sure again would be unsatisfactory. So I guess I’ll delude myself for a moment.
I am funny. I make people laugh. Sometimes I provide interesting insights. Sometimes I am a good conversationalist.
I am a woman, I guess, although I don’t see how that adds much value to my personality besides influencing a portion of the human condition which I experience. Which, I suppose, does influence who I am.
I guess maybe I just bring people joy? Maybe that’s the value I add?
I don’t want to hit post on empty space.That’s not me. I know that.
What more can I provide?