I posted a public #newhere pay on Diaspera and got a lot of comment. A lot. It was fairly unnerving. I didn't expect the response.

Other people had been getting a response, but less of one. James didn't get nearly the response I did, and in my opinion his post was ...

... considerably more interesting than mine. Yeah, if you are on there you can see it. I almost deleted my D* account due to stress.

But I have it under control now, I think the initial fear and shock has worn of.

You did a great job, and I'm proud of you for not deleting. hugs

I liked both your posts, but I had trouble reading his... I'm old fashioned and don't like #hashtags very much.

I find the hash-tags distracting, too. He just has so many interests, it makes sense to him to use them. I struggle with feeling like I'm not really passionate about anything.

I'm still kind of shaken up, but doing better.

I'm sorry you're so shaken up. If you need to talk, we're here. <3

What a great reception! That's certainly an encouraging show of support there.

I don't know what the tag #newhere actually means, but I'm guessing it's one that a lot of people follow?

It means "New Here" as in, I'm new here, and yeah, people are eager to have new people around, I guess.

I'm really grateful to have all of you here to talk to, and there to talk to for that matter.

Oh wow, I thought it was ne where, like lazyspeak for "anywhere".

Wow I totally missed the really obvious meaning.

So did I, Eryn! Parse fail....