I think people who have a decent following but follow zero people are douches.
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But how many would be the max for you to follow? until it gets a second global?
They like to hear themselves talk
the phony InFLooENzerS 😉
One of the most irritating things about Twitter—and I’m going back years, so this isn’t even a recent observation—is the lack of response and engagement from accounts with a medium size following. I’m even not talking about celebrities, just people who don’t even bother to throw you a like when you reply. They’re just there to hear themselves talk.
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Yes. 💯
Just means they want to use social media to broadcast stuff to people, but not to have discussions
They are. It's a clear indicator of ego.
I hear your intent, but I personally am very selective of who I follow because, if I'm willing to skim through 1,000 things I don't find interesting, then I'll just go to the global feed. My "followed" feed is for the individuals whose opinions I find consistently insightful/valuable, and I don't want to add people where I consistently find myself simply not caring about their perspective/input. And that's the beautiful thing, is I can choose to sift through a toss-up of interesting or uninteresting content, or I can retreat to my "followed" feed for the stuff I know will stimulate me.
I say this as someone with a tiny following, but for me, to follow more than 100 people is unmanageable.
Thanks, you've pretty much described my approach...👍
Having said that, it would be nice to have ways to nuance the 'follow' concept...
Maybe a ranking of those I follow, with some kind of percentage weighting?😁
You follow 9 people. That's fine. At least you're interested in reading other people's content. But to follow exactly zero people is douchy. It tells me someone has too big of an ego.
Yup I’ve always found that cringe AF. I also know there are certain people who think of you follow ‘too many’ people it makes you look less reputable.
Generally.