MASTODON RELATED:

FOLLOWING BUT NOT ACTUALLY FOLLOWING
(Practical tips)

Wanted to say following is not what it seems (both as a number or practical thing for me or others who use it in a different ways like)

DETAILS:
For me it is an initial process of interest where I click notifications (the bell) then realise more about you (if you might not say much from yourself and repeat other people). This is the main conditions to 'keeping track' of what you said and then I turn off *notifications* if not <--- this is a lot more direct initially AND understands your thread of thinking... If you're posts random posts and not well-thought / towards anything specific, then IT'S A LOT MORE OBVIOUS AND FASTER THIS WAY.

So rather than maybe seeing a post or two between 1000's of other posts (literally 10's daily / 100) I think it's better to see it in a chain via notifications from you (so that's my main advice here when you follow others to turn notifications on - see here for how to do that https://qoto.org/@freeschool/109031885713138221)

If profiles are not really paying much attention much or just reactionary you're dropped from this focus (even though you're followed but put just on a non-looked list).

I hope people can see the follower number can be quite useless in this way and just a momentary sentiment usually lost / forgotten until it comes up more by chance with someone else (but then lost forgotten again) unless you're really on top of things / checking in the way, making contact or making time for things (which are likely always backlogged if not done near immediately which is what I do)

Some has to be more than the diluted 'follow' and something more than hardly in focus random if you're serious about anything- which usually isn't clear
(even to people themself I think / judging by their posts)

#Mastodon #Following Kinda / Mostly not