I will never criticize anyone for worrying about follower counts on social media because I live in the United States where a few thousand more followers might be the only thing that saves you when you launch your seemingly inevitable medical emergency GoFundMe.
Our future here in France looks a lot like your present time.
Maybe you had a better time if some real welfare was set up in the USA. For the better of every one.
Here thousands are fighting to save our welfare.