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       Why I Turned Comments Off On Social Media
       By: davidwilliammusic Date: February 23, 2021, 9:08 am
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       Just wanted to let you know why I decided to turn comments off
       on my social media channels.  Its not because I am being
       anti-social.  In fact, its to avoid anti-social behaviour!
       For years I have left comments open on all platforms and in all
       the time I could probably count the genuine, meaningful ones on
       one hand.  Mostly there was a strange absence of any activity,
       whether on Instagram or YouTube.  People would occasionally
       comment on this - why have you not got more views?  I don't
       know, you tell me!
       I got a lot of "nice" comments, usually from fellow musicians,
       but no real interaction with my work.  The more elaborate
       comments were often from trolls and very often with a passive
       agressive tone.  Congratulating me but at the same time
       insulting me! Ha!  It's not that I can't take it, its just that
       it gets tiring and pointless.  On Instagram I'd rarely get a
       comment at all but often people would DM me with weird stuff.
       This year, I noticed an increasing trend on YouTube of spam and
       bot comments, and at one point it was happening on every video I
       uploaded and was usually the ONLY comment I got.  So I decided
       it wasn't worth the hassle and was easier to just switch
       comments off.
       Of course, amongst that nonsense I have had some truly
       encouraging and heart-warming feedback from genuine supporters,
       those who listen regularly and appreciate the Music.  To those
       people I am always grateful and that is why I continue to look
       for ways to remain accessible.  This is probably the best place
       to interact with me, where we can hopefully have meaningful,
       genuine interactions.
       * Originally posted on old forum 10th Nov 2020 *
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