I lacked confidence (even on the internet)

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I first began forum-posting in 2009, via IMDB (the glory days!). Anyway, I was mostly a lurker (I would mostly lurk the threads, only replying on a rare occasion when I thought I had something particularly important to say). So yes, I usually thought my opinions weren't important enough. I'd go into chat rooms, intimidated the first few times, thinking, "What is this feed moving up here? Should I greet these people back, or should I leave instead?" I think it was 2012 that I began posting with confidence, not caring about the possibility of embarassing myself. So I posted confidently for 5 years, until (in February of last year) IMDB shut itself down, so to speak. For the remainder of the year, I just concerned myself with "how to replace IMDb." I think creating a Twitter, and posting more on YouTube have been a big help. The rest is history, and here I am. Greetings from Texas!