People, not Numbers
In the social media world—actually, in the real world, too—we’re judged on numbers. Numbers of followers, numbers of likes, number of subscribers, number of sales, number of readers…
For someone like me who is allergic to numbers (ah choo!) it can be disheartening. I get it: numbers are an easy, quantitative way to measure success. The more [fill in the blank] you have, the more influence/importance you (allegedly) have.
As much as I’d love it to be otherwise (there are lots of things about our world I would love to be otherwise), the numbers game remains the harsh reality.
If you play it.
I’m not suggesting you not play if you want conventional success, especially to find your audience for your stories.
What I’m saying is that not everything is about the game of finding the most. When I consider YOU, my blog post reader, I try to imagine each and every one of you. Because you’re an individual. A real person. NOT a number. If only one of you ever reads my musings, then I have made an impact. (Or not, depending on what I wrote!) My point is that we often get lost in the numbers racket and forget that the numbers are all people.
And at the end of the day, I want people reading my work. Because it’s people—YOU—not numbers, who matter.