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Translated from Chinese by AI~2 min read

If the content I make awakens the goodness in some people's hearts, I suppose that counts as a kind of value.

A user's feedback brings me back to the question of what my content can offer: awakening the goodness in people, and making something simpler and closer to the essence.

Such a lovely user.

As myself, I'm quite moved.
As the person developing the content, well... a little “embarrassed.”

(I can't believe I also felt that second thing when I saw it... Am I still too much of a logic-first person?
Because she said “without too much embellishment”...
Uh... mainly, I don't want to spend time on meticulous editing.)

Ideals and ambitions, I suppose~
I think I had them when I graduated from university. By now, they've been worn down almost entirely.
If people can still see them, that means the spirit of “doing this for my own enjoyment” is still there.

I've kept wondering what value I can actually bring to users.
I haven't really figured it out that clearly.

But when friends talk to me about 梁文锋 (Liang Wenfeng, DeepSeek's founder), 王兴兴 (Wang Xingxing, Unitree's founder), and Tony, the young man born in 2003 who ran a gaming guild back then — people like them —
I'll say that China needs young people like this, and needs a lot of them.

Though I don't seem to have much standing to say something like that.
Anyway... I don't know where this sense of idealism comes from.

If I make some content that awakens the goodness in some people's hearts, I suppose that counts as a kind of value.

“善见, 善见” — first “善” (goodness), then “见” (seeing).

Still, I've recently been planning to change the way I put out content.

After watching AI-generated content for a long time, and being in an environment surrounded by it, I'm aesthetically fatigued. If anything, I want to make something simpler and closer to the essence.

Screenshot of a reader’s message about the sincerity and warmth they found in Erika’s content
The reader says they unexpectedly found Erika on 小红书 (RedNote), were drawn to her unpretentious style, and felt an immediate sense of trust. They describe the videos and Erika herself as “without too much embellishment, but full of sincerity.” In an online environment dominated by money-making pitches and negativity, the content felt clear and warm to them, and reawakened something they longed for inside. They wish Erika well.
Continuation of the same reader’s message and Erika’s reply
Erika replies that she rarely opens the app and mostly uses the web version. She says she was moved by the message, thanks the reader for noticing the positive parts of her, and says that this gave her more motivation. She will keep getting better.