I Got A New Follower!

granolalight in #hive-196233 • 2 years ago

Yeah, just like the title says, I got a new follower today. I was pretty stoked!

So I went to check them out

You know, as you are wont to do when someone follows you. You figure that if they like your stuff enough to follow you, there's a good chance you share the same interests. At least some of them. Either way, you are curious about who would want to follow you. Right?

I can't handle the feed I have. I can't imagine the feed on over 4000 accounts. Even if only 5% are active, that's way too many posts to read.

At first, I thought, This dude's crazy if he thinks that's the way to do Hive.

But then I noticed the 209 followers. Since starting in June. I guess it does work.

Oh, but then I checked his posts and saw very little engagement. Even when people commented, he rarely responded and if he did, it was very brief.

So, to make a long story short, I decided I wasn't going to follow back.

#meh #seemedexciting #proofofbrain

2 years ago in #hive-196233 by granolalight

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eatthebugs 2 years ago

LOL. We need more psychopaths on Hive honestly.

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cmplxty 2 years ago

The follow button is one that's an odd one here on Hive. In mainstream channels like Fakebook and others, it's crucial to have the most followers possible! I think here on Hive it helps to have good followers and ones that are going to be worth interacting with.

It annoys me when I see the posts with engagement on them but the person isn't responding back to any of it, or minimally! That's obnoxious and if I see that consistently, immediately unfollow! Lol. Don't put out the content if you aren't going to engage with people!

Congrats on the follower though, maybe you'll get another one :D

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granolalight 2 years ago

Hahaha, thanks. I will cherish that follower and all followers afterwards. I also wanted to thank you for your premonition of the new follower. I did get one!

As for Facebook et al, I never went in for all that bs. People doing follow for follow, etc. It's pointless and extremely fake. Twitter was the worst. I would see people following 120000 accounts. My feed was plugged after following 25 people. Nobody can make sense of the feed of 120000 people. I also saw them bragging about the 43000 followers they had but I'm betting it was some follower trading scheme or something. Anyhow, not my kettle of fish.

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