Of All of Your Many Followers,
How many do you think have ever seen any of your articles?
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If you’re like me, every day you get at least one notification that you have a new follower. For me, it’s usually someone I never heard of. I ponder whether or not to follow them. I see that they haven’t written anything yet, or they have published one or two articles on subjects I have absolutely no interest in. Unless they write about technical stuff, Bitcoin, or they are trying to sell something, I usually say” what the hell” and follow them.
The whole process is like lending a relative or friend money. Once you give them the follow you never hear from them again. When I see the notification of a follow, 99% of the time I don’t see the name of the follower attached to a response, a highlight, or a clap. And I never see them again. They’re not smart enough to show the least bit of interest in my writing to reel me in as a follower.
I’m sure there are many people here with what I call “phantom followers.” I just wonder how many of my 1300 followers remember who I am. Well, to be honest, I don’t care that much. But I have come up with an idea that will occupy those cold, snowy winter days. I’ll simply unfollow all those people I have never interacted with! Wow, I feel good already.
