আসলে তুমি অনলাইন আছ?

আমি একসময় ভাবতাম, জীবনের जয়টি “সঠিক-বেট”—যেন-একটি neon-আলোকিত kasino-এ luck-এর ‘বেট’। এখন,আমি ‘দেখছি’—অ্যালগরিদম্‌গুলোওয় “happy”-এর ‘প্রশ্ন’ই “engage”-এই। ‘like’গুলো love—নয়; metrics। DMs conversation—নয়; engagement loops। Brooklyn-তে, jamaikan mother silence-come-sacred teach korechil, german father code-lie-show korechil। Streets-e jazz-dance korechil; now data-streams-e dance korchi—প্রতিটি ping hollow echo।

আমি ‘庄闲’ pattern-track korchi: 3 consecutive post without reply? That’s not trend—it’s abandonment. 5% water fee on engagement? That’s not tax—it’s extraction.

You think you’re part of a community? No. You’re part of a feed.

Last week I saw someone post their entire therapy session as a carousel: six images of smiling faces with no captions beneath. They didn’t want connection—they wanted validation.

I stopped playing. Now I design experiences that ask: When was the last time you felt truly ‘seen’? Not liked. Not shared. But seen.