The people in life I truly wish to hear from or talk to are usually pretty accessible by telephone or even email if necessary, anyone not on that list or anyone I haven't talked to for years can stay in the ether for all I care.
I motivate myself for myself, I don't read anyone's log here and go "fuck yeah, I'm off to curl bro" but I like checking certain peoples training logs here whether its because theyre similar in lifts/size or they are just a fine author.
I really don't care for social media (I'm aware of the irony of using forums and I'm on a few) but I justify forum use since its a subject specific medium rather than the all powerful intelligence gathering service of twatface or facefuck or wherever the fuck else people are posting pictures to of their stupid kids birthday, cute thing their dog did or how shitty they are at the service from the local queer barista at the quinoa joint.