I think a lot of people pay excessive attention to how folks react to their posts on social media. How many likes, how many frowns, how many hearts, how many retweets, etc.
Sure its quite normal to feel appreciated, consider feedback, etc.
But taken to an extreme, one can start getting guided by social media in how one thinks, what one says (or doesn't say), what's normal, what's success, what's failure, ...
This is dangerous.
Ask any good artist and he/she will tell you that they create what feels beautiful to them. Then they put it out there. Sometimes appreciation comes, sometimes doesn't. It doesn't matter. Likewise with philosophers: Can't imagine Plato or Shankaracharya worrying too much about folks in their audience nodding or shaking their heads.
As I said above, feeling appreciated, considering feedback, etc. is all ok : but at the end of the day respect your own sense of reason, intelligence and intuition. Stay yourself. This is extremely important.
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