When the Internet Gets It Right

Last week I found myself following a story online about an abandoned chimp named Punch. Within hours, people everywhere were sharing it, commenting, donating, trying to figure out how to help.

It was one of those moments where the internet suddenly becomes very human.

Strangers who have never met, scattered across the world, responding to the same feeling: someone needed care.

It made me pause.

Because beneath the algorithms, platforms, and viral posts, what people are really responding to in moments like that is something deeper.

Loneliness is something almost everyone understands. And when people recognize it, they instinctively want to show up.

Share the story.

 Send a message.

 Offer support.

 Amplify the moment so someone — or something — feels less alone.

For all the criticism social media gets, this is the side that still fascinates me. It can turn empathy into action at a scale we’ve never seen before.

People often say the internet makes us more disconnected. But every once in a while you see the opposite.

You see people reaching toward one another.

In many ways, that’s what Like. Love. Share. was always meant to represent.

Not engagement metrics. Just the idea that small acts of connection — liking something, loving something, sharing something — can ripple outward and make someone feel seen.

And sometimes that matters more than we realize.

Maybe today is a good reminder to show up for someone — send a kind message, support a creator you follow, or share something that deserves to be seen.

More soon.

xoxo

Sherri