hey, don’t give up!

Smillew Rahcuef
The Pub
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2 min readOct 27, 2024

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Look towards the future, it’s bright! — by Limor Zellermayer

I know you got a lot of heat lately. It’s tough. Social media is like that. People get jealous of your success and trash-talk you in the comments.

And when you get really successful, like you, they write articles to mock you.

They will throw any insults they can at you.

They’ll say you’re fake, that you use AI, that you buy followers and views. They’ll say your writing is boring and conventional — in a bad way. They’ll criticize your profile picture, your choice of capitalization, your style, your CTA, and your socials.

Some will copycat, and others will parody.

They’ll criticize anything and everything. Not because they’re right. Just because they’re jealous.

Let the haters hate.

You do you.

I know it’s tough, but you need to find the mental space where you’re free to be you — or not you.

I’ll tell you what I do. It’s a secret, but I trust you.

It’s a bit gross. Sorry about that.

When haters come to my comment section, I picture myself as a seagull flying over their crowd. They’re all lying on a beach getting sunburns, and I laugh at them with my characteristic seagull laugh. You can hear it — right? And then I pretend I want to help them. And I poo on…

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