Don't be afraid to comment

Yesterday I posted this on Mastodon (post link) I'm building a new habit here on Mastodon: instead of liking, I try to reply to at least 3 posts, especially on those that don't have comments yet and I love it. It's so much more personal! and boy, the response was overwhelming, at one point it took me half an hour to respond to everyone.Most of the comments were roughly as followsgroup a: I love this idea and I'm going to do this toogroup b: I would love to do this but I don't know if people would want to read my words.I'm a part of group b, usually, I often am afraid people won't like what I write or will think me silly.Yesterday afternoon, just before posting this, I decided to stop hiding and just say what I felt, and it was SO good.Just telling someone that I loved a picture or that I loved something they wrote. At one point I wrote a thoughtful response to a question. All this made me feel so good, as if I was becoming part of the community.When it comes to commenting, I always…