Did it happen to you like you followed someone but they didn't follow back? so you unfollowed them?
@Sphinx That is not uncommon.
I would say it's a courtesy to follow back someone who discovers you and connects, but not obligatory.
People who have accounts with many followers probably don't want to be innundated by too many posts in their Home feeds.
If the account content is important to you, just leave it like that. Maybe the person will notice you, or your comments in some of their posts, look at your profile and decide to Follow at that time.
Don't assume an automatic follow back, is what I am sayin'. 😉
@Sphinx And yes, I have that happen and did not mind or unfollow.
@design_RG 🤝
it happens to me too!
@Sphinx It's normal, I wouldn't worry.
Waht did worry me is what happened the other day -- a follow request, and when I looked at the user's profile...
About 600 accounts he was following. None were following him/her/they.
That 600 / 0 sounded suspect to me, and I blocked the account.
I've seen this said a couple of times and don't fully understand it. What's the downside to letting them follow you, even assuming it's a malicious bot? It doesn't leak any information beyond what an unregistered third party can gain by looking at your profile in a web browser as I understand things.
On my part I allow a couple such followers, and it helped me get listed in the QOTO directory to get real followers. So there's an upside.
@khird
It might be only paranoia on my side, Kyle, but that's what I decided when I saw the situation, and it seemed strange to me.
The real ones we should worry about, the surveillance apparatus, they will collect tons of things easily from all the public posts we do.
@Sphinx