Without braggadocio I may be a subject matter expert. With regard to Posts: Only Post that which is personal to you. Post relevant issues. For example, Posting that which is not engaging will not achieve much. For example, a Post regarding social issues like Transgender stuff doesn't seem relevant but a Post about the meaning of life will engender Comments and points. Responding to Comments within your Post will provide more conversations and subsequently more points. Third, true life stories can be dramatic, sad or humorous. The story will appeal to others due to it being of interest. Comments: allow your Comment to be worded such that Members will Like and respond to your Comments. When making Comments, use the @ when referring to another Member. If the Member doesn't peruse that Post, the Member may not know about the Comment. Simply a few thoughts that may help. Others are invited to add thoughts. Thanks

I've felt the same way before but couldn't verbalize what that particular feeling was. Over the years I've lost many friends. Some as close as Scott was. Scott and I had grown quickly to know each other. He knew things about my past and me his to the point that we no longer had to explain things. Like a shorthand that didn't need footnotes or greater explanation. We understood each other's past. I now realize that the feeling is hollow, empty, lost. The typical ten minute conversation with Scott would now take an hour with someone new because there would be so many questions of why, how... Kinda like learning a foreign language before moving there and discovering no people were left alive and the language is now useless. Not complaining, simply verbalizing that which I never understood before. Guess I'm a slow learner. Thanks