You gain followers when you work for a the benefit for others. You lose followers when you treat people badly. Belittling people in a public forum is bad beha

You gain followers when you work for a the benefit for others. You lose followers when you treat people badly. Belittling people in a public forum is bad behaviour. I'm amazed its taken so long for the penny to drop. This is in any half decent company's Anti-Bullying training. It's not like you need to be particularly empathetic to learn this stuff.