You are right. That feeling of touching a human live wire who is doing something different or new or weird is very good. And there is a lot of that here.

I overstated my case, no doubt. Because looking for live information wires is a big part of the internet.

There is a thing that Adam Smith said about people not only wanting to be loved, but to be lovely. Perhaps this is a better way of putting what I want to get at: I think the main way we feel lovely is to be found lovely by others. And while there may be much iron sharpening of iron on here, at least some good things are made because the maker finds them lovely and wants others to as well (maybe even in the hope that this loveliness will be reflected back upon them).

I know that saying I am here for attention sounds kinda bad, but I don't mean it to be a negative thing. I don't think it is shallow or wrong that people feel good when others admire them nor that such feelings can motivate some people to make interesting things in the world.

As bots take over the internet, I am hopeful that this desire to be found lovely will keep people hungry. Hunger may be our savior.

When the villagers in Seven Samurai ask the old man how they will find samurai to help them he says

Find hungry samurai. Even bears come down from the mountains when they are hungry.