Folks, I really appreciate all the new followers since last night. Thank you! I'm trying to catch up now and I will #FollowBack as soon as I can.

But it takes me awhile because since #Mastodon keeps getting larger, I have to make sure that I don't follow a 'bot---an experience which really sucks.

So, I have to examine each of your profiles individually. And if I can't find a bio or see something that you've posted, there's no way for me to tell whether you're a real person.

Sorry about that.