Social Media Points
(c) Copyright Brett Paufler

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Social Media has a strong pull and a strong push.  I do like it.  On the other hand, it takes up way too much time and I can be a bit contrarian.

I did not track time.  But I was engaged for several hours per day at the height of this run, perhaps, for half my waking hours.  So, yeah.  When I say it takes up way too much time, I am reporting on both its push and its pull (a reason to engage and a reason to disengage).

Social interaction with others is, also, a two way street.  I like being funny.  And laughter (or in this case, points) are my reward.  But lack of laughter (or lack of points) is no fun.

And down votes (and/or negative exchanges) can be downright painful, as often happens when one ventures into the realms of politics, religion, or philosophy, where opinions don't just differ; but rather, there is (in my opinion) an active desire to stamp out any and all (and I do mean any and all) divergence of opinion.

But then, that's just my opinion... and a half-hearted attempt to explain my level of involvement and eventual withdrawal.

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Data Points
    Date: Points Total
        Typically Measured Early Morning
    Date: Points, Comment
        Typically Measured 1-2 Days Later
        Only For Big Wins
            100+

A great advantage of writing for A-AI is the lack of any need whatsoever to crunch my own numbers.

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2021-06-03: 13840
2021-06-09: 15868
2021-06-09: 538, "From what I hear, the anecdotal success rate is damn near perfect."
2021-06-09: 678, "And if the shark has a laser mounted to its head?"
2021-06-09: 659, "Clearly, she hasn't heard about the cookies."
2021-06-11: 17167
2021-06-11: 436, "Tell me about it, Kids Today.  Say no more."
2021-06-11: 681, "So, a... Cat Burglar!"
2021-06-12: 17436
2021-06-13: 134, "Outrageous!"
2021-06-13: 17525
2021-06-14: 17768
2021-06-15: 18022
2021-06-15: 208, "Burn The Witch!"
2021-06-16: 18269 
2021-06-16: 190, "I've got a better question.  Who's not? Explain yourself."
2021-06-17: 18277
2021-06-17: 228, "Harold, please just admit you don't know what it says and ask someone for directions."
2021-06-18: 18348
2021-06-20: 18520
2021-06-21: 18731
2021-06-22: 18812
2021-06-24: 19302
2021-06-24: 20263
2021-06-25: 20416
2021-06-25: 694, "TLDR: Money be like the tits, dude."
2021-06-25: 779, "Parkour!"
2021-06-26: 21147
2021-06-27: 333, "I'm a rib man, myself."
2021-06-27: 21363
2021-06-28: 21503
2021-06-29: 21577
2021-06-30: 22724
2021-07-01: 23422
2021-07-01: 501, "Fucker's giving me the finger.  WTF?"
2021-07-01: 601, "The other side of the coin are those with countless violations who are never held accountable."
2021-07-01: 119, "Dishonorable Conduct is Dishonorable Conduct regardless of the goal."
2021-07-02: 432, "Proper lubrication is essential."
2021-07-03: 23642
2021-07-04: 23645
2021-07-06: 23657
2021-07-07: 23657
2021-07-08: 23686
2021-07-09: 23861
2021-07-09: 138, "Florida Engineer?"
2021-07-09: 23882

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On the last day, I had set a goal of reaching 24,000 prior to ending this spree, but lost interest along the way.

Fundamentally (and/or mentally), I should catalog this as a game:
    Load It!
    Play It!
    Unload It!

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Finally, for data collection of this sort (whatever sort this is), I like taking screenshots.   Originally, I was going to write a script to collate the data.  But since I was going to have to hand annotate the comments anyhow, I opted for the long-hand data-entry solution.

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2021-07-19
Brett Paufler