Wow, I read this and digested it yesterday and just came back to it. Really good stuff. I appreciate the fact that you pointed out that so much of it comes from a place of empathy and insecurity. I think often, especially in sociological observations, it's easy to lean on the "Here's everything you're doing wrong" approach, which I didn't feel from you here.

Imagine if we did feel some kind of pressure to offset our bad news with good news. For me, one of the biggest things that has offset this social media insecurity is coming onto Steemit. When I'm not feeling the eyeballs of these people that know me and all of my business in real life, I feel more comfortable being myself. Even if that means all good news, all the time (or vice versa).