Three friends who show up beat three hundred who watch your stories.

Audience and support are easy to confuse because both produce numbers. Views cost nothing and mean roughly that, somebody’s thumb paused. Showing up costs time, and time is the only currency that reliably indicates a person cares what happens to you. A small group who appear when things are bad is worth more than a large one that appears when things are interesting.

Work out who your three actually are, honestly. Put the effort there, answering them first, remembering what they told you last month. Friendships that small need maintenance, and they repay it.