nowaypablo, delta -- rezzeJ - I posted a question like that 10 days ago and also had a huge response. I agree that rezzeJ was just commenting and perhaps also observing and wondering. I have to add that comments like Also, note: only 20 of the 111 posts so far are self-introductions. I may be wrong, but I'd venture to say that we love reading ABOUT one another, even more than we like talking about ourselves. I bet, also, that many many more of us prefer to read about one another than talk about ourselves... so that while this post may have 100+ comments, I bet there are 500+ people who are reading and not commenting. The last "who are you" post What's up Hubski even got a few lurkers out into the open for the first time. We are curious about one another. I think we very much want to know who is on the hubski voyage with us. Who can we trust? Who will back us up? Where are we located on the planet? -- because it's a feakin' miracle that we have met one another and are talking as intimately as we do. This is a phenomenon of now. Posts like this one are popular because we are wondering as we learn more about one another, can we collaborate? Hubski collaborations are springing up all over the place: music, tincan, stories. We participate in the collaborations because 1) it's fun!!! and 2) we learn skills and go beyond our safety zones. We risk revealing ourselves on line, discover it's mostly safe, and inch a little towards revealing ourselves in real life. I'm not going to do a big shout-out to all who contributed here, but I'm curious if their contributions are for the reasons I say -- not because they like talking about themselves or because of a core narcissism. I'd like you two (noway and delta) to be willing to see more complexity in these types of post which personally I LOVE!! (so thanks noway). One more reason why people respond when requested for a little bio: "Introduce yourself" is a warm invitation. I am guessing that people participated to encourage others to participate, to be team players. So noway and delta - comments?Everybody loves talking about themselves.
and Narcissism is at the core of each person's actions.
-- while those statements may or may not be true, I think they diminish what is at the core of this post and mine from 10 days ago.
I agree 100%, very well said. Just to be clear, I didn't mean to say that these kinds of posts are popular because everyone is selfish. In my short discussion with delta we seemed to be on the same page about the more philosophical concept that nobody sacrifices or gives something to someone without fulfilling or gaining something in return. Curiosity isn't, at least to me, a matter of narcissism, it's simply human nature with the simple profit of knowledge and comfort. After all, it's led us to know everything we know now, about quite literally everything.We are curious about one another. I think we very much want to know who is on the hubski voyage with us. Who can we trust? Who will back us up? Where are we located on the planet? -- because it's a feakin' miracle that we have met one another and are talking as intimately as we do. This is a phenomenon of now.
I'm not going to do a big shout-out to all who contributed here, but I'm curious if their contributions are for the reasons I say -- not because they like talking about themselves or because of a core narcissism. I'd like you two (noway and delta) to be willing to see more complexity in these types of post which personally I LOVE!! (so thanks noway).