RE: Are we projecting what we want from people when we meet them online?
I dunno. I kind of think that is more normal that people want to admit. But I always project what I want on other people at all times. Even fantasy character. The hardest part of living humanity is getting out of your own biases and seeing the world through other peoples eyes. Or maybe that is just me projecting.
anyway, welcome to steemit. I hope you love it here. I certainly do. I find it works almost like magic.
I use steemit as my first posting platform for all social media interaction. I then push it out to the rest of my social media. Whattever I was going to put on FB or twitter I just post here. The idea is that I want to create a buzz here on my posts @ypdyoutube and also encourage others to join steem. You could do the same by hitting these icons on the bottom of your posts. The icons look like this: 
If you are curious about how this whole magical land of steem works I suggest two places to read (neither are mine but I found them helpful when I signed up):
For readers : https://steemit.com/tutorial/@sndbox/browsing-the-basics-on-steemit-com
Or if you are a visual person:
https://steemit.com/steemy/@flauwy/60-steem-video-tutorials-for-beginners-the-grand-steemy-collection
feel free to follow me, or not if you don't want to, on these sites:
I am not sure if it is "normal" - well, what is normal anyway? But it is certainly common! It's a new world to navigate, that's for sure. So how do you add those icons? I am still learning how to use steemit, having only been here 2 weeks or less! I will take a look at your blog and thanks for the advice
Well, I would say that it is unhealthy. And I hear what you are saying with there is no normal. I just meant I don't think it is outside the boundaries of reasonable for a person to project like that. Like it would never shock me. And the icons you right click, select inspect, cut and copy the "stuff" into a word pad or word processor and then change the website links to your own. Then save the file so you can cut and copy when you are posting.
Ah great, thank you for the info! Yeah I think it's up to me to keep clearer boundaries in future, keep work as work and don't allow people to ask me personal questions like that! Otherwise it becomes too confusing!