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I've been on Dailybooth for a long, long time now. Longer than I care to think about, sometimes. And I know that I'm guiltier than some about going on about the "good old days" and how it used to be. When I first joined, the site was so small that everyone really knew everyone else. Honestly. There was no spam, and if people were willing to join in, they were made to feel welcome.

Obviously most of that has changed now, and since this blurb looks like it'll be quite long, I'll probably have lost a fair few of you now who have just scrolled past me. But why have you? You clicked follow, so surely you want to read what I have to say?

I'm as guilty as many for not commenting on every picture. If I have nothing to add to a conversation, I won't do it. But I do try my best to comment on all of my followers at least some of the time. No one is saying you have to comment on everything. But the thing I can't understand is why you'd click follow and then never interact with me.

If you're doing it because you think I'll just follow you back, a quick look at my follower-to-following ratio will tell you I don't do that. I'm grateful that so many people apparently think I'm interesting to follow, but why don't you talk to me?

People like @brandino116, @caitysays, @peppercorncrisp, @Sombrero27, @kissfan19335, @doesgodlikechips, @Kzirk ... and many others. All of you have followed me recently, but to my memory, none of you have commented or interacted with me once. I appreciate the follow, but I'm curious as to what is holding you back from talking to me? I ask questions most days, there's always something to respond to, so why are you part of the silent majority of my followers that does nothing but lurk in the shadows? (I'm not laying scorn or blame on any of you personally, I'm just using your names as examples. There are hundreds more.)

The community feel goes when no one joins in the community. I like having regular commenters and friends like @Sparrow, @tismrwells, @crimsong19 and @MartyToes to name a few, but I'd like to meet more people to. It's hard to find people these days as the news feed is like watching a list of reasons to leave.

I'm sorry to offload all of this, but I've been wanting to say it for a long time, and I've no doubt that of the +1,000 followers I have, not even 1% of you will read this. Even fewer will comment. The extra irony is that the commenters will be the regular few, and no one else. So this is all pointless anyway.

Thank you for reading this far down if you have, whether you take my words to heart or not. Probably not. I just miss the community feel the site had and I wish we'd all communicate more instead of playing a pointless numbers game to see how many followers we can get. I don't care about followers, I care about interactivity. Please, let's get chatting.

How do you feel about this situation?
Why do you follow me, and if you don't comment, why don't you?