It's All About Hashtags and Engagement

What I learned From My Social Media Sites This Week

A very kind writer on Twitter gave me that advice on how to increase my “followers” on social media. I am so appreciative for her advice. I love kindness. It makes me want to do something kind, when someone else does something kind.

     On Instagram, I learned, or should I say, admitted, that I have never heard a song by Taylor Swift. Never, ever. How is this possible you ask? My car has a slot for CD’s and basically my playlist is 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and a 21^st century song now and then. I truly love music, so I guess I owe it to myself to give her a listen. One of my niece’s suggested a particular album. I trust her artistic advice.

     On Facebook, I learned that everyone has a perfect life, but me. I also saw some of the people I love in life, so happy, and that made me happy.

     On LinkedIn, I learned that someone from long ago, remembered me. And they remembered me so fondly and knew that I would remember them. It was one of the students from my very first class, back when I taught first grade in 1986. He reached out to me. Glorious to connect and made me feel so good that I had been someone in his life worth remembering. I like to be a good person.

      On Substack, I learned that I am unlike a lot of other writer’s out there. My mind skips around like a bouncy ball. This is fun for my writing but terrible to increase readership. Those of you who know me, know I will keep bouncing around. I can’t help it. I think about a lot of different things on any given day, and all throughout the day and sometimes into the night.

     Like today. I was working on my Rom Com (which is truly soooo stinkin’ good!) and am 2,000 words short of 50,000. I had my music on, typing away, laughing out loud, having so much fun. Truly, a glorious time all in a fictional world with fictional characters saying fictional things. Well, anyone who knows me, knows that I write down dribs and drabs of dialog I hear people speak, never knowing if it will fit into something I am writing. I’m still waiting for the chance to use a line I heard a fellow college Freshman utter way back in 1979, referring to her Friday night: “I had copious amounts of liquid.” She said it in such a pretentious way, was still wearing pajamas in the dining hall, and had on big fuzzy, matted slippers. I wonder what became of her. Now, she is 61, probably still schlepping around in pajamas and fuzzy, matted slippers, “drinking copious amounts of liquid.” Or, maybe she’s a Social Media Influencer. Either, is possible.

     I do not have a large following on any site. I have a puny following in terms of numbers, but in terms of quality, super high. Thank you, dear readers. Thank you, followers. Thank you for remembering me. What did you learn from your social media sites this week? Let me know down below. You know I love people’s stories.

       Now, I need to work on my hashtags and engagement.