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 nostr:npub1m6vzsafygwty5pzxnws8m5fegrw8ce9lzwkh4xhur2xdlpt3hnzs98n9vs I read about your life because I find you interesting, stranger in Mastodon whose post came up using a hashtag I follow.

That person is petty and small-minded, or at least utterly irrelevant.

We are all just small humans in a big world, talking about ourselves as we try to connect to each other. And connection is only the most important thing in the world.

So whether they do or do not read about your life, you matter, and people *do* read and care.