Anne Fisher

With so many new faces here these days, it's more important than ever to FOLLOW BACK accounts that follow you, in order to make #Mastodon succeed as a viable replacement for the #TheBirdSite .

This platform grows more as we join together.

#FollowBack #FollowFriday #FollowFridays #FBRParty #FBR #followbackfriday

Dec 9, 2022 at 9:57pmWeb
Show threadEmker CelDec 9, 2022
@AnneTheWriter followed!
Show threadCypherCDec 9, 2022
@AnneTheWriter But in doing so, after a while your page will become so cluttered up that people will avoid you.
Show threadUnprecedented 2023Dec 30, 2022
@AnneTheWriter I agree.
Show threadÞór SigurðssonDec 31, 2022

@AnneTheWriter Followbacks really are not necessary. If you followback every individual that follows you, you gain an unwieldy timeline of garbage (try to imaging Scott Hanselman following back everyone following him - that'd be ridiculous, his feed would be worse than the collective feed of the birdsite.)

Follow all those that interest you. That's a plan worth executing (without an axe, thank you)

Show threadAnne FisherDec 31, 2022

@thor
If I'm writing with no one reading my words, I might as well be yelling in an empty box. The whole point of social media, imo, is to share ideas beyond just oneself & a few friends. It's a way of spreading infor, laughs, & finding (and boosting) ideas to fix some of the world's troubles.

I don't see myself saving the world, but I do feel my words need to go beyond a few people. Conversly, I feel a duty to help boost other ideas here, also.

That works best if we all #Follow each other.

Show threadÞór SigurðssonJan 1, 2023
@AnneTheWriter I still say you're going the wrong way about it - and even more, barking up the wrong tree. If you have a need for exhibitionism, you need to be in the media, not on social networks. And having just ONE person follow because they're thoroughly interested in what you have to offer is worth a million times over that of having a million followers that have no interest in what you say.