Are you following me? frankmeeuwsen.com
@frank I guess it is part of the M.b DNA. @manton descibes it in his book and after a while, when I began to understand it, I wrote this linkpost about it.
I have found interesting people to follow in the conversations of other I follow, under the (curated!) Discover tab and in the Fediverse.
@frank You never know, and it feels fine. Takes a bit to get used to, I agree, but I just stopped caring after a while. You follow who you think it’s interesting, and have no idea about anything else 🙂
@frank Personally, when I was able to get past the "do I have followers?" concern, I found the connections to others on Micro.blog grew organically, and on a more personal level. I've had great conversations with M.b community folk I might otherwise have not.
This comment is a perfect example... I follow @maique who replied to you. The comment intrigued me enough to read your post, consider, and comment.
It was freeing for me when I stopped caring if I'm followed or not.
@jimmitchell Exactly! A few people would rather have replies turned off, but I've found so many cool users because they were commenting on someone else's post. It's one of the nicest things here... @frank
@jimmitchell @maique @timapple @ovr thanks for the replies. I agree on all of it and it is something to get used to. Actually, it’s a feeling from Ye Olde Days of Blogging… you never really knew who read your blog except from comments and on meetups. It was really Writing to Think Out Loud. Social media took that away with their own game of numbers and popularity contests.
@frank @jimmitchell @maique @timapple @ovr Echoing what others have said—lack of follower numbers doesn’t bother me one bit. Reading conversation threads of those you follow is one of the best ways to find new people to add. Not only does it likely mean they have similar interests, but as someone mentioned it’s a very laid back process—not unlike a public group where some are strangers to you, yet you connect by the end of the conversation.
