Do you read people's profile info before you follow them? Please boost for a bigger sample size, because I'm really curious about this
hell yeah
94.2%
hell no
5.8%
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@checkervest

not to nitpick on methodology here, but saying that one "reads [someone]'s profile" is open to interpretation because there's clicking on a person and viewing them locally on your own instance, and there is viewing on their home instance.

one of the things i love seeing is when a person posts "this rando interacted with me and when i looked at their profile they do absolutely nothing but boost my posts! what a weird creep! blocked!" which isn't the case, but: federation.

@checkervest

see also: "wow nobody reads my pinned toots!" because lol there's absolutely no assurance anyone can see your pinned toots.

beautiful software. keeps everyone on their toes.

@jackdaw_ruiz @checkervest Generally I've found it preferable to open a user's profile on their home instance, as there's no other way to be certain about message propagation.