Baalf, let me offer a slightly different take.
Pretty much everyone cares what people think, and wants to be noticed and appreciated. That’s not unusual at all. And it makes perfect sense to seek that out in a community of people with similar interests. It’s a rare person who’s actually content to keep creating without an audience.
You know, I remember your thread I feel a little lost, here.. I remember reading your first post and thinking “yeah, there’s no overlap in our interests”. I was also a little surprised there was someone into what you’re into.
I think in the better case your people are out there in some other community, and you’ll find them and get that fitting-in feeling. In the worse case, that community might not be there, yet at least. Either way, what I’m hearing you say is that Weight Gaming isn’t being that community for you. Given what you like, and what we, in general, like, that makes sense.
Anyway, I hope this all helps.