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It might make you happy to learn about the Pareto Principle. The basic idea is “that, for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes”
In this context (and to my understanding, which as a layperson, may be flawed), I figure that only 20% of people who get a smile from your comment would make 80% of the comments actually telling you they smiled. That means there must be many more people who took joy from whatever you said/did, but only about 1 out of 5 of them commented about it.
You’re likely spreading more smiles than you realize. ☺️
This is one of the reasons I like the lemvotes tool that lets anyone see the names of who upvotes or downvotes. While it is easy to use it for petty reasons, I first used it to show myself 99% of my downvotes are likely just accidents, and only 1 person on Lemmy actively hates me, owls, or both. The main thing I love about it is I get to see the lurkers that may not have anything to say, but quietly enjoy what I do. The upvotes themselves don't mean much, but it reminds me those are people showing love for the things I share.