Despite being keenly aware that the numbers, gamification, etc were terrible for me, it took me ages to shake off the need for quantifiable feedback, for seeing numbers and wanting them to be big (I talked about it a couple of times before). It's so weird how the sites hook us even when we think/know we don't like it. "I want lots of likes/notes/retweets/reblogs/shares/whatever!!"... but also "I don't want it too much, or not from too big accounts, because actually that makes my life objectively worse." I've never gone viral though (for the best!!), can't imagine what it's like if you've actually seen those numbers go big. Good luck re-adapting/relearning!

That cross-stitch is so cool and SO TINY omg :D :D