𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘠𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘋𝘐𝘍𝘍𝘌𝘙𝘌𝘕𝘛. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘐𝘙𝘌𝘓𝘠 𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘖𝘕𝘈𝘓. 𝘔𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. - Elaine Barlow

@AskTheDevil Back in the G+ days you had the ability to lock your comments to everyone or only to specific groups of people that you created. There were people that used to get angry about this feature ... they wouldn't follow someone if they weren't allowed to comment and I always wondered the kind of ego and self centeredness that kind of attitude took. People are truly unwell.

@AskTheDevil Literally

"I am not interested in your content UNLESS I am able to insert my personal opinion about it."

Seriously?

@thewebrecluse My typical response is that if you speak publicly in a public forum, you should accept that other people will respond.

But when someone is publishing what is essentially their own newsletter or writing, on a forum where you can disable commenting, there should be no such expectation.

I think we've gotten this new expectation that everything is a discussion, but sometimes, someone's not asking, they're just saying.

@AskTheDevil

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Exactly. Since it takes me 7-10 business days to make any sense when I write, this is essentially what I mean. If you're in a public forum which is a very specific kind of event with very specific expectations then yes. But social media is not technically a public forum, it CAN have similar aspects but not everyone uses it in the same way.

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@AskTheDevil This is why I really miss G+ because for all its faults and my complaints it didn't automatically assume that people were using it in exactly the same way and you could deeply tailor it according to how you personally wanted to use it, not based on what everyone else was doing. I have been on every social media platform and no other has had as many personalization aspects ever. I miss it a lot. That level of control and choice in how people interacted with you and your content.

@thewebrecluse I have to admit I miss G+ a bit too, for similar reasons.

@thewebrecluse @AskTheDevil OMG 😭. I miss G+ so much!!! Met quite a few really nice people I still talk to. One in particular who shares a love of Kpop and kdramas. I have yet to find a place to hangout at like G+. I keep telling that 1 friend to come here but she’s lollygagging. Sigh. G+ 😢

@NewYorkJellybean @AskTheDevil Most of my friends from the G+ days with the exception of @divisionbyzero stopped being interested in social media after G+ shut down. There is really nothing like it and I don't blame them. I tried to get them to come over to CoSo but they just get tired of moving from place to place. Yeah G+ really was a great social media experience. I loved it a lot.

@thewebrecluse @AskTheDevil @divisionbyzero My friend is usually on IG and I’m there maybe once a week. She’s also on FB but only once in a while. She and I were talking about G+ and DramaFever and how much we miss them. I told her about CoSo and you (Kpop, dramas and obscure stuff) hoping she’d at least come and give it a try.Sigh. I wish I had the knowledge to make a G+ like site. *cries*

@NewYorkJellybean I actually kind of like that CoSo doesn't have Kfanatics on it. I like kpop and dramas but only from a serious media standpoint not from a fanatic standpoint ... I kind of avoid places that cater to people that really have nothing outside of their love for things. It really ruins things for me. ❤️ I like to be able to enjoy things and talk to people who also enjoy OTHER stuff 🤣 and have lives 🤣

@thewebrecluse exactly why I follow you. I’ve always been into things that weren’t known to many people. I’ve been into Jdramas for decades. I’m a fan but not fanatic. I love discovering hidden gems and since the internet, there are even more out there to find and love. I know you’re into the K things but I also know you’re into so much more. You’re the kind of peep I love to follow because I learn about new music, art, entertainment, etc.

@NewYorkJellybean This is one of the most amazing comments. Thank you so much for receiving my content here on CoSo with so much positivity. I am just me on here. Being my fully authentic self is kind of boring for some people or annoying for others but hey this is me. This is my life. My interests. Stuff that moves me etc. It's nice to know some people do like it and are turned onto new things because of it. I'm so happy to be able to do that ❤️ Thank you for saying so ❤️

@thewebrecluse @NewYorkJellybean @divisionbyzero I had a similar experience. There were a few folks who I used to love following their posts there, but the only reason they felt _comfortable_ posting at all was because of specific ways it allowed them to interact or limit interaction.

@AskTheDevil @NewYorkJellybean @divisionbyzero

EXACTLY.

@thewebrecluse @NewYorkJellybean @AskTheDevil I know many people who felt betrayed by the loss of G+ and decided never to become that invested in a social media platform again. While I miss my audience and interaction on G+, I find it hard not to write or make videos, so I continue on various platforms. I just wish I'd done a better job of getting contact info for some of the people I met through G+.

@divisionbyzero @thewebrecluse @NewYorkJellybean Same.

@divisionbyzero

If you didn't constantly stalk me, you wouldn't have found me here so I appreciate that you do ❤️

@NewYorkJellybean @AskTheDevil