I’d felt adrift for years.

Come find me on a park bench, I joked once.

I’m here to talk about feeling alone.

Nothing was a perfect solution, but apps like Twitter were a thread of sorts in a threadbare world.

Admit that the nature of the world is fragmented anyway?

It was all too much and not enough.

These new places felt empty.

I sent a few messages here and there, and wandered away.

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I started using Threads, which is Meta’s Twitter alternative.

It was… fine, but not great.

I came back to Bluesky as a little cry for help, sort of.

I only had about 200-something followers, but some were people I knew well.

I wrote a few little messages, and my friends responded.

It made me happier than I’d been in months.

And it made me wonder… what did I really need?

Earlier this year,I directed a readingof a play I wrote recently, just a small thing.

Maybe 35 people came to see it.

And it was the best little thing I’ve done for myself in a long time.

It’s just another social web link.

Founded by former Twitter employees, it seems to have a good heart.

It’s also devoid of distancing algorithms or intrusive ads.

Hopefully that’ll be forever, but forever is hard to judge in tech.

And I’m gathering followers, surprisingly, much faster than I ever did on Threads.

How did my follower count grow so fast?

It’s led to a lot of people being focused on discovering people instead of viral, disembodied posts.

Or so I think.

It’s addictive to see my numbers go up.

Too addictive, maybe.

It reminds me of those old Twitter days.

I like the joys of a few simple connections.

I don’t want to be viral.

I don’t want to be obsessed with numbers or followers.

The metaverse (remember that?)

Games, VR headsets, AR, AI, virtual gathering places, digital twins.

It’s about forming communities and conversation that can transcend assumptions and hatred.

How to forge community in the first place.

Starting small seems like a key.

I’m keeping that in mind every day.

Bluesky’s getting bigger.

And social media still feels as fragmented as ever.

I just want to think of myself as small, even when the world is big.

A few good people is better than lots of bad ones.

Find your Bluesky, or wherever else that is, and I hope it works for you too.