Hi, I approve follow request manually in order to keep my followers list clean of spam accounts. Deciding based on what vibes I get from your account profile. Overall, I am not really aiming to be restrictive at all.

However, chances are I am quicker to deny a follow request originating from mastodon.social, which is ill-moderated; for more see https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server/