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Do they differentiate between "following" and "monitoring"? For example, I definitely am leftward, and while I don't follow @realDonaldTrump, I read his posts e
by ksaj 6y ago
Do they differentiate between "following" and "monitoring"? For example, I definitely am leftward, and while I don't follow @realDonaldTrump, I read his posts every day.
My reasoning is that Trump tends to conflate followers with fan base, and I don't want to contribute to his ego, false sense of popular vote, or any of the other optics that he presents when talking about numbers that look good on him.
I suspect I'm not the only person on the left hand side who thinks this way.
- someguydave 6y agoIf the study is true, why do you suppose that right-leaning folks don’t think the same way?
- chillwaves 6y agoIt indicates there is more of value to following those people and less value to following others. I'm sure other studies will affirm that certain conspiracy theories like QAnon are blocked more than they are followed. Sometimes it's not just a matter of different opinions.
- artificial 6y agoIf someone is posting about Perl a bunch, I don't write a lot of Perl and my timeline is full of Perl content I would unfollow rather than block.
- chillwaves 6y agoYes, almost as if there is something about QAnon that is blockworthy.