It is surprisingly hard to not re-follow familiar big-number handles from the birdsite 'for information'.
This feels like a super great chance to build cooperative networks, but that only works if the relationship is bidirectional. There's folks that I could toot at all day for a year and it wouldn't make sense for them to know me as a person.
I crave the connection. I am so grateful to the Early Tooters for figuring that bit out.