I've been creeping around looking at a lot of people's accounts (I'm doing a survey) Noticed that people with very few followers have one thing in common: they have not boosted the posts of other people often if at all.
(When I see posts like this encouraging boosting I always think "well that person just wants boosts, whatever") That's not it. On twitter it was important to only boost exceptional content -- boost here to invite more people to join in talking about something. #mastodonhowto
@futurebird I've found on many occasions that what would get me followers is either writing a post that gains traction, or simply giving a ⭐ or 🔁 to something I like or find funny. Most accounts (save sometimes for larger ones) around the fediverse are actually very responsive to interaction.
I almost always interact in some way with any reply I get, and I usually skim unfamiliar accounts that engage with my posts to see if I might enjoy following them. There is a certain give-and-take and while sometimes I just do not have the spoons to give, even just pressing those two buttons is sometimes all it takes.
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