on the motives behind content creeping or ‘why we are so compelled to share internet sh*t?’
I have been sending friends web content a lot lately. Recently, I have emailed/ texted/ mentioned music/ books/ memes to people I have varying levels of friendship with. I estimate it to be at an average of about five unique shares per day.
I am conscious of what this means as an ‘ask’ to the receiver.. “hey, trust my good taste and judgement of what you like and spend some of your time and attention on this content I want you to enjoy..”. When I consider it that way, I become a harsh critic of my own behavior. I’ve gone so far as to coin a term for this: ‘content creeping’.
I would like to explore and write about why we are compelled to share the things we enjoy with others and how to best handle this aspect of hyper-connected life. As part of this exploration, I started a music blog about 22+ months ago and as an experiment, will only be posting content there for the foreseeable future. To see how its going, click ‘listen’ in the top left corner of this website.
ps. - I just recommended two years worth of music discoveries to you in a single blog post, and it felt sooo damn good.