Yes, absolutely. I don't think that feeling lovely, and searching for signal are mutually exclusive, at all. In fact, I'd say they are interdependent: without the love, a search for signal becomes signals intelligence. We're all humans, and of course this is a basic need, unless we're at war.
I'm still not sure about the attention part, but if I frame it as "feedback" then I agree with that, yes. The crappiest thing is of course to put your blood, sweat and tears into something and get zero replies, of any kind. No feedback is the worst outcome in a community.
Yes, absolutely. I don't think that feeling lovely, and searching for signal are mutually exclusive, at all. In fact, I'd say they are interdependent: without the love, a search for signal becomes signals intelligence. We're all humans, and of course this is a basic need, unless we're at war.
I'm still not sure about the attention part, but if I frame it as "feedback" then I agree with that, yes. The crappiest thing is of course to put your blood, sweat and tears into something and get zero replies, of any kind. No feedback is the worst outcome in a community.