generic cookie cutter positivity isn't helpful
this is a very understandable way to feel, and I agree that as a general principle, individually tailored messages are always more meaningful and impactful than general ones.
if you would, please take a moment to consider a few things:
-the hope is that when people receive messages in their inbox from the bear, they're imagining that an actual little fluffy baby polar bear is coming to them and delivering the message, which I like to think makes this a little different than generic chain message positivity;
-I do my best to send messages to a wide range of rpers, the vast majority of whom I am not acquainted with and are outside of my rp circles/fandoms/genres, I also do my best to send messages to a large number of people;
-on multiple occasions over the years I have been told by people I've messaged that my note was the first positivity ask they'd ever received;
-in my years of experience in the rpc, I have personally never seen generic kind messages make anyone feel worse. individualized kind messages are absolutely better, I agree, and are truly beautiful things to send, and to receive. I think something to remember is that even generic messages (from anybody, not just from me) are sent with love and kind intentions. remember that any time someone sends you a generic message, that person chose to send it to you. they could have sent it to anyone (or no one), they could have sent it to someone else instead of you, but they chose to send it to you, and took the time out of their day to do so -- however small that moment of time may have been for them, they still chose to send it to you.
now, maybe you had already considered those things, and you still feel the same way about generic kind messages, and that's okay. if that's the case, then I have a question for you, and a favor to ask you. when is the last time that you sent someone a personalized note of positivity? how often do you write and send personalized notes, and do you send them only to your best friends, or to a wide range of people? and the favor, if you're so inclined, is to go and send someone a personalized love note. if you'd like, try to send it to someone who you've never send a positive message to.
in fact, I'll ask that favor of everyone on the dash: take a moment to send a personalized compliment, a kind thought, or a love note to someone you write with or follow. this anonymous snowcone is absolutely right: those messages will mean far more than any generic message from me. you could turn someone's whole day around, and you'll definitely make them smile.
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