Avoidants often look without the follow through to actually reach out¶

An avoidant ex checking your social media means they are thinking about you, but it is a breadcrumb -- not a signal to reach out.

Key points¶

Story views and post likes are the avoidant hovering in their safe zone: curious and reminiscing but too scared to actually engage.
They are testing the emotional temperature without risk of getting burned; watching from the shadows is not the same as being ready to reconnect.
The right move is to stay in no contact, keep focusing on yourself, and let them hover -- or block if it is too painful, purely for self-protection.