I don’t know how to quote on Medium, but this part really stood out to me:

“And every industry has their thought leaders, experts, and influencers. My point is how you use your influence dictates whether or not you are, in fact, manipulating, or people building.

Simple test:

Are you building a community or an entourage?”

To me, on Twitter and in the social media & WordPress community, you’re one of those influencers, and one thing you really excel at is building community through your blog posts, your friendliness, and your know-how. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been disappointed by ‘leaders’ that care more about their follower count and turn out to be rude, stand-offish, or just plain ignore you when you try to interact. My long-winded point is, that’s not been the case in the short time I’ve known you, so thanks for being awesome! ;)