@help Question, I'm showing someone Micro.blog and the question came up — is there a way to see who is following me? Can't seem to find it anywhere.
@ReaderJohn @ReaderJohn @help Well, he brought up a valid concern... If you can't see that and, let's just say for instance, you have a stalker, how would one know if they are there?
I think it's a fair question.
@patrickrhone Fair question for sure, and I don't have any opinion about whether m.b. ought to show followers. but as far as I know, the fact that it doesn't is a decision not an omission. Hadn't thought of the stalker situation!
@patrickrhone The general idea, as I understand it, is that your micro blog is also just a public (worldwide) blog. That means that anyone can “follow” what you post via whatever means they choose, so the micro.blog follower count would only be a partial number anyway.
@patrickrhone An option, it occurs to me, is that you could gather visitor statistics using something like Google Analytics embedded in your micro.blog pages. That would give you something like HTTP access logs, which might help identify any potential stalkers.
@patrickrhone As mentioned, your blog on Micro.blog is a public blog, like it would be on any other host. All the following is done via RSS, and someone could follow you in a third-party RSS reader if they wanted to. If someone wants a private blog with access control, they'd have to go somewhere else.
And you can see who someone else follows whom you don't follow, to get an idea of people you could follow. But you can't see if they follow you. And that was by design. You can write on your blog without worrying about gaining or losing followers, and people can also follow/unfollow without worrying. cc: @manton
