Are follower counts even more meaningless now that you can gain 30 followers in less than a minute after making a post?
Is steemit dying? Or is it just me?
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6 years ago by the-dagda (55)
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We joined approximately at the same time and I don't recall follower counts ever being meaningful to be honest.
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Yeah, they were never super meaningful but at least back then it seemed like an actual user had to push the follow button, whereas now I'm able to gain 60+ followers for doing nothing.
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It's just you. Many of the project accounts follow. Following is not a measurement of status, it is an slight indication of how many might see your post.
The payout tells you how many people appreciated your post enough to vote for it! :)
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I know it's just me, haha.
I think the point I was failing to make is that in most online situations a follower count is generally representative of a (partially) engaged audience, which is sort of a measure of status to some degree. But if your follower count is being inflated by bots/inactive accounts/whatever then how can you or others gauge your audience.
Anyway, it doesn't really bother me, I don't put too much faith in follower counts at the best of times. Also, I do enjoy seeing numbers get bigger, haha.
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I hear you. :) I don't pretend it is all perfect. Perfect and dying though leave a lot of gray area in the middle! Cheers.
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