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follower counts are a bug not a feature
@GinnyMcQueen can I boost this 5 more times, please? Seriously thinking of disabling follower counts on my instance 😝
@GinnyMcQueen I've been to so many conferences where I've sized others up by their follower count, and I'm just tired of it.
Do you have more followers than me? Then you're a god in need of veneration; I scarcely dare approach you.
Do you have fewer followers than me? Oh, look at the time; I'd really like to chat but I need to go find someone more important to talk to.
I find myself falling into that habit and it sickens me. Burn that shit.
@nolan I worked in social media for 10 years. I know the horror.
@GinnyMcQueen I'm in webdev and I really think it's an unspoken undercurrent in who gets hired, who gets invited to conferences, whose blog posts get featured, etc. I have 7.5k birdsite followers and I am not a fan of this system.
@nolan Follower counts have no actual value to anyone. I have 45,000 fans on FB and can't afford medication to keep me alive so what is the fucking point? :blush:
