Having a sizeable following on social media hardens you—in the same way that any small measure of power might.

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

Having a sizeable following on social media hardens you—in the same way that any small measure of power might.

At our worst we think of this as a suit of armor, a sort of mental toughness.

At our best we mourn this as a loss of compassion, a subtraction of our humanity and connectedness.

[bobmonsour@indieweb.social]

@zachleat Stay soft, man.

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@bobmonsour haha