Interesting topic... especially for the blockchain. I find people on Hive and other blockchains/web3 sites are generally very private and obviously, there is nothing wrong with that. Since I know this I'll never be asking deeper questions either, but will try and keep all content (posts & comments) a little less personal.
OTOH this is my blog and I blog because I want to share and if I cannot share what is important to me, I can't help but wonder if this is the right outlet. Keeping posts impersonal can quickly feel inauthentic. That's kind of what I struggle with - I don't want to share too much but then I end up with posts that consist of mostly photos like my Wednesday Walks or something because I also don't want to go MIA again. I don't know. I still haven't found my perfect mix of privacy / authenticity yet.
I left the blog on my website (for Hive) because I hated that shit about bloghops and comment4comment, follow4follow just to get some views, that kind of hustle is just not me. But I do like my website and thought about updating the blog there with the EXXP plugin that posts automatically from Wordpress to Hive but - EXXP just got deprecated by the developers. So, we'll see what I'll do... right now, I'll keep on posting here, now and then at least.
I really haven't found too many people here on Hive that I engage with regularly, I guess that is me being very wary of bots and people just posting to farm (that photo contest incident over a year ago opened my eyes to that and I can't forget it). These days I mostly stick to commenting on posts of people that I have engaged with in the past, new people rarely make it into the mix - eveuncovered looks fun though, may have to drop a follow and comment 🤗. But for those I engage with regularly, I would not have a problem exchanging WA addresses. The problem would be that I am way too introverted to initiate that exchange. Having said that, I did meet a couple of people IRL that I had previously only known through meeting online - totally open to it.
Having said all this - I will spare you any questions. Do you have any?
It's funny how some people cling to privacy and then fill their Facebook page with literally every detail of their private lives. I don't mean you, I mean others.
I think you're right to want to be cautious about what you put on the internet as I said in my post actually, some things shouldn't be divulged. I'm a little cautious if new people too, especially these days and that means I don't engage with them much which probably limits my opportunity to assist in their growth; it's just how it is.
I suppose we need to do what feels right and if that's staying within a smaller group then so be it.
As for swapping details, that's something that happens over a long period of time, with the two I mention it was years; not one or two, more than that. It's a big step that can't be undone and I guess can go badly so it's something one needs to think solidly through. I tend not to like Discord too much myself, but I know a lot of communication happens there which is possibly why people don't swap phone details as often.
Anyway, thanks for commenting and sharing your perspective, I always appreciate it.