On Fame and Popularity - A Confession
"Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is Character." Photo taken by Abyz Mamangon Maybe, we might have all been there. There was once a time in our lives, when the number of likes defined the purpose of our contents. Here’s my story. When I was just starting, I would frequently check on my notifications to see how my NUMBERS are doing. Yes, the number of likes, comments and shares I get from each post. I would end up constantly refreshing my feed, reading comments, and replying to them one by one to get more engagements. The more you participate, the higher the probability that people would notice you and the higher the chance that the post would resurface on people’s feed. I did not notice it at first but it became one of my priorities. I would share my posts to a lot of groups to further increase my network. And then, the followers began pouring in. Suddenly, collaboration offer...