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afreytes ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท · 2w
So I had a post during the weekend "break containment" which is shorthand to say that it spread around on the fedi. I used the post's popularity to follow as many new accounts I could, as long as the...
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Now I admit it's been hardly a day or two. But out of following 200+ accounts maybe 10 followed me back. That's 5 percent or less.

Again, they don't have to follow me back. That's not the point.

And also, any number of accounts may be bots (I did not follow any account which is labeled as automated).

So I wonder, what is social media to them? Is it just reading popular posts? No attempt at making connections? Yes, this is indeed a bit frustrating to me.

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Vile Lasagna · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqfaamn3h0axkv0t8jr9t5aqw743pe0flufgrl98k2rjlcvnlp2twst4d0yj I guess I'm less "trigger happy" than you but I do tend to often check out the feeds of randos that either follow me or engage in actually conversation. A lot of interactions are one-off...
afreytes ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท · 2w
BUT ALSO ALSO... If i followed 200+ accounts I should have so many more toots on my Home Feed... but no... not really... So these accounts don't follow back... and they don't toot... SIGH now that is really frustrating to me... LOL (again people don't HAVE TO do anything) man... what are we even...