I’ve been told by people for years now, that the only reason some follow my blogs or my music is ’cause they find me entertaining and funny to follow. Not because they find the stuff I do enjoyable, people follow me as a way to “make fun” of me. A lot of folks appear to follow me for laughs. They would read my blogs daily, keep hitting refresh all day, waiting for the next post to come up (don’t lie, I know you all do this), waiting for me to say something stupid so they can make fun of it, all over the internet.
You know, this is all fine and good. I know my web presence can easily be made fun of, I don’t give a fuck. When you bash or make fun of me, that means you’re making fun of me as a person.
One thing you should think about though is, no matter the reaction of your web presence, whether people really support you or not, it means that you are successful at what you do. Whether you get a positive or negative reaction toward your web presence or your music, you are popular ’cause people responded to you. The trolls/haters don’t want to admit that they actually enjoy the stuff that you do, they follow you still ’cause you are addicting to them. As long as people are paying attention to you, positive or negative, you should be proud of that.
You would know that you’re not successful, when people don’t pay attention to you at all.
With that being said, I don’t really get upset at the mixed reactions, ’cause I’ve been saying for years now, I’ve been proud of it. People tell me stuff like, “Everyone only follows you to make fun of you”, as a way to put me down and upset me, when in reality, I’m not. I actually get kind of flattered when people tell me that stuff.
Treat me how you want to treat me. I don’t have any control of how people feel about me, free country, so people feel how they want to. I know I can’t please everyone and I know everything is not gonna be positive, even though I would like everything to be. There’s nothing I can do about it. I’ve been made fun of and bullied by people throughout my entire life anyway, not just the internet. I know people make fun of me ’cause of my appearance, my personal problems, my looks, the way I speak, my writing style, my learning skill, disability, etc. My question is, what makes everyone else any better? Everyone has their own share of insecurities and problems, so what makes people think they’re better than me? I am, who I am. Just being myself. What you see, is what you get. I’m no different than everyone else. I’m not perfect and neither are you.
In my real life off the computer, I just want to be happy and enjoy life, the best I can. Yes, my life needs a lot of improvement and it maybe tough now, but I still find ways to keep me strong and happy. Like working out, playing my guitar, watching movies, reading books, etc. Those are things I do to keep me strong.
Back to the topic, as long as people are paying attention that’s all I care about. You just keep giving me more attention and more success. I like to speak my mind on the internet ’cause it’s a good way to get things off your chest and get things out of your system.
Kev
Edit to add: I forgot to add something else, when people tell me these things, it does nothing but prove my point that people can be crazy and whacked. I may seem like a good guy but don’t let the nice guy fool ‘ya. Honestly, I can’t stand people in general and I’m sure you can’t blame me.
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