Make no mistake, responding to a swell is one of the most courageous things you can do on the platform. It's the reason why the platform has validity, after all. For if no one ever responded to anybody swells, how effective would this platform really be? It's the difference maker between that and podcasting. These posts that we make are just sitting there waiting for a response, engineered that it's easy for you to make that response engineered so you get notifications about that response and engineered that
Aayan B
@aayanisms · 1:12
Responses are great, interaction is better, meaningful interaction is fabulous. So I categorize the responses in that particular order. Sometimes it's just a cosmetic response where there is a point to be made by but nothing that tickles your fancy. But the ones that transcend that are those where there is a meaningful conversation going on and you connect with it. There is a connection of thought and there's a point to be made, a counterpoint to be made. Transcending
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 2:51
But that's not really the question that was asked so it could bother somebody. So I'm curious as to when you do come across responses that oh and also this. Have you come across responses that you didn't initially think were transcendental but then once you had the conversation with the person it turned it to something else? Or do you instead already kind of evaluate and judge what that conversation will be be like once you hear the response?
Aayan B
@aayanisms · 4:27
And those are the ones I like the most, maybe because I'm an INTJ and I like to think, I like to analyze. And so somewhere that appeals to me and I haven't been a blogger and a podcaster for long. I'm quite used to people leaving recursive polite likes and some of the articles or posts I do on LinkedIn meet with similar responses or like, what you wrote or like this article, I'm like, okay, then that's great. I appreciate it
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 5:00
I have to be honest, in the last two and a half weeks I have started a new trend where I don't comment on every swell. I know there has been some that I listened to of yours, I've liked it and I exited and went to a different swell to listen to that one. And I'm doing that because I understand folks are putting their information out here
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 3:54
As you said, it's a closed loop instance where they're just acknowledging that they like to post or whatever and it's all good. And then we get to the responses when a person is not really talking about what you're talking about at all, or they're reading too much into what you're talking about, those can be interesting
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 3:45
Sometimes I've responded to a Swell and a person said nothing back, but then another person said something and they skipped over me to talk to that person. So it's always a weird situation where, oh, okay, I guess that's how they feel. But I think the like button is really not a like button anymore. I still treat it as a like button. So I kind of actually get a thrill out of a person not knowing if I listen to what they said or not
Dee Shields
@iamdeeshields · 0:56
So I like it just as much as I like when people put a comment comment underneath a reel that I post up, or if they put a comment under a post that I put up or a tweet that I put up that shows that I'm engaging with you. I scrolled, I saw you. I have something to say. You do not have to agree with me. That is the beauty of debate and dialogue. And I think that's what makes Swell so amazing
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 1:23
To h***, you could be wrong about something if somebody could provide you insight and you're like, oh, d***, my bad. I appreciate that. So that's always great. Well and good. Sometimes I do wonder, do people want feedback? That's a whole other matter. But yeah, swell is like a Swiss Army knife of communication, in a way
J.L. Beasley
@Her_Sisu · 2:16
Yes, that's exactly what you just said. It is more of a I am responding to. There is emphasis where I'm responding to people repeatedly and they are not responding back. And I'm really making a concerted effort to respond to their post. I'm listening to their Swell cast in its entirety, and then I see that they've replied, but they're replying just as you mentioned to other people, but not me
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 2:43
But yeah, it's all interesting and what we value out here in terms of replies and whatnot, because I'm pretty sure it is valuable to some extent for everyone, but everyone doesn't feel obligated to have to respond to every single post and sometimes not even the post where a person is just saying, hey, good job, here's a thumb up. But also when they earnestly try to contribute to the conversation, but it's not what that person is looking for or whatever reason
And the conversation can also become something new. It's related to the original topic, but you're expanding the conversation. Let me give an example. I can make a post about Pisa, I can talk about Papa John and how they're struggling financially, but then all of a sudden the conversation starts to expand. Right? Now we're talking about flatbreads and dates being used for toppings, right? These are some of the earliest pizzas, the oranges of pizza, right?
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 2:45
But then I realized, in a lot of ways, too, I'm more of a provocateur in speech, so it can make people a bit apprehensive because of the reputation I have. They're wondering, are they stepping into a booby trap of some kind? Which is not the case most of the time. Sometimes it is
Atilio Reyes
@atilioreyes-rh · 0:36
Perfect advice. I swell consider it because I have just begin my swell one week ago I have been listening a lot of swaps in order to be familiar with this site but I will consider to reply. Thank you
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 1:04
Atelio. Thank you for taking the time not only to listen to the Swell, but to also offer an audio response and welcome to Swell. Hopefully you enjoy this experience and that's cool people, that you would like to reply. I know it can be intimidating sometimes, but I consider it courageous when one opts to do so. And I look forward to hearing what you have to say, not only on my Swell, but in time, I guess, with other Swells as well
Atilio Reyes
@atilioreyes-rh · 0:36
Thank you. Fried oreo. It's really motivating to receive your answer. I will try to keep posting also my swell in English because it's my second language. But my first language is Spanish. I am following already to you. I will keep in touch. Thank you. You motivated to me. Thank you. Thank you a lot