I manage a number of poetry groups on Facebook, and I was active in online poetry groups before there were groups on Facebook. What I witnessed in both and all groups is how many poets and writers were not being acknowledged. It was not a matter of them being good or bad writers or poets. No one was telling them anything, I have watched poets thrive and bloom simply by by hitting the Like button, or a few simple words to let them know there voice was being heard. Clapping is an acknowledgment of a writer or poets attempt at communicating an idea, an emotion, a smiling face in a crowd is the one face you will remember on the darkest day.