To everyone doing the unfollow/refollow thing: Can you please just be normal and work the comments like eveyone else? I can't speak for everyone but I'm personally 1000x more likely to follow back after a good comment than after seeing the same account follow me fir the 10th time - ThreadSky

hayao.lol • 648 days ago

To everyone doing the unfollow/refollow thing:

Can you please just be normal and work the comments like eveyone else?

I can't speak for everyone but I'm personally 1000x more likely to follow back after a good comment than after seeing the same account follow me fir the 10th time

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juansaaa.com•648 days ago

Is there a newer catbus or just this ancient one

goodkid-saadcity.bsky.social•648 days ago

the satan account just tried that on me for the third time

babewiththepower.bsky.social•648 days ago

Huh. I looked it, decided to just ignore it. Nothing more from it that I've been aware of.

askaubry.com•648 days ago

Holy shit I just checked my "followers" just to see because I noticed a big drop the last two days, wow. I didn't know so many people were working it like that. 😒

babewiththepower.bsky.social•648 days ago

I assume that I had a sheer drop on followers after the first week here from my immediately blocking all the clout-chasers/bot-appearing accounts.

megan.bsky.social•648 days ago

So many people are doing it. It’s a bit ridiculous and sad.

thorbycorvin.bsky.social•648 days ago

Brilliantly said. I'm following-unfollowing you immediately. 🥹

megan.bsky.social•648 days ago

thorbycorvin.bsky.social•648 days ago

😂 *spits beer*

annsmiley.bsky.social•648 days ago

I’ve had at least one person unfollow me as soon as I follow them, so that’s also a thing

hayao.lol•648 days ago

Yah ratio farming is bs, and pretty much the only reason i check my follows (to unfollow them back lol)

askaubry.com•648 days ago

This feels so 2015. Now I wish I could get an alert to see who I followed me because I don't want to be a part of beefing people like that up.

hayao.lol•648 days ago

On Twitter i used a site called 'iunfollow' to keep track of them, i imagine someone will eventually make a similar tool for this place

annyhanny.bsky.social•648 days ago

ratio farming📝
good slang, bad vibe😾

hayao.lol•648 days ago

lockhimupdammit.bsky.social•648 days ago

Ya got a follow from me for that. Happens everywhere all the time.

thorbycorvin.bsky.social•648 days ago

Right Joe? Right?! 🤜

babewiththepower.bsky.social•648 days ago

What? That sounds sociopathic. I mean, it might work, but I'm not that hardup for attention. Not yet.

hayao.lol•648 days ago

just people gaming the system, it works to a certain point but only generates empty numbers

jcapindenver.bsky.social•648 days ago

This is a thing?!

monkeyminion.com•648 days ago

I hated it on Twitter, I hated it on IG, I hate it here. I’ve had folks tell me that that’s how you bump up your follower numbers, “the easy way,” and I’m like “that sucks. No thanks. I’ll keep my small number of folks who actually want to follow me, as opposed to the ones I duped.”

hayao.lol•648 days ago

Followers as a # is meaningless bc you're not getting engagement from people who followed for insincere reasons, they aren't going to fave or comment or RT so....even if you're chasing clout what's the point?

monkeyminion.com•648 days ago

For folks who sell stuff (like me), the idea is that it casts your stuff to a wider audience, which can lead to more sales. For other people I have no idea why other than useless internet clout.

monkeyminion.com•648 days ago

At least, that’s the theory I’ve been told, as to why it’s been suggested.

hayao.lol•648 days ago

Well there is one tactical reason and it's that a lot of followers make you appear Important at first glance, giving you a better shot at collecting accounts with legitimate big followings

There was a left Twitter guy who ingratiated himself w the 'in crowd' partially bc he bought 10k followers lol

monkeyminion.com•648 days ago

Oh, that makes sense.

I hate it, but it makes sense.

aplante.com•648 days ago

some people never grew out of repeatedly blocking and unblocking their crush on msn messenger

melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social•648 days ago

I think maybe I’m just old (I am!) but I 100% don’t even understand the obsessive behavior you describe.

adampknave.com•648 days ago

Yup if I notice the unfollow refollow cycle too often I just block.

mrsbarker.bsky.social•648 days ago

You get notifications?

adampknave.com•648 days ago

They show up in my notifications. For follows. And I start to recognize names as "Wait didn't I see that follow two days ago? Why is it new. C'mon!"

mrsbarker.bsky.social•648 days ago

Ah. I just.. don't care anymore. Lol

roxiqt.com•648 days ago

yeah it's cringe

meredithk.bsky.social•648 days ago

thank you for saying this—I don’t get how there is anything to gain from gaming actual community

sandalphon.bsky.social•648 days ago

if anything it's likely to catch a block or block list rather than a follow

skandalous.bsky.social•648 days ago

There. You got one follow from me. No more no less. Lol I think I'm worth the follow back; even if I max at 4 likes on my skeets if I'm lucky

kali.bsky.social•648 days ago

I just followed you to learn your shitposting techniques.

thorbycorvin.bsky.social•648 days ago

🤭

jasonluthor.com•648 days ago

I don’t even check who follows me 🤷 I follow people I’ve had sxwudkitt interaction with

ohheyscarlett.bsky.social•648 days ago

i also follow people back after a sxwudkitt interaction >.<

hayao.lol•648 days ago

Whomstve among us...

ohheyscarlett.bsky.social•648 days ago

lolll

jasonluthor.com•648 days ago

Well that word was supposed to be “quality”

fancysandwiches.bsky.social•648 days ago

Yeah, but that would take work. Can't be having any of that, I just need to get tens of thousands of followers with the least amount of effort so I can sell my account to the highest bidder (a content scraper, naturally) at a future date.

gameshowcraig.bsky.social•648 days ago

Sometimes, for me at least, I accidentally hit the “follow/unfollow” button next to your name when I’m trying to hit the username to find out more information about the person…

eddienyc.bsky.social•648 days ago

This has happened to me a few times! It's not intentional.

cardiograms.bsky.social•648 days ago

I did this except I was trying to *unfollow* someone who was annoying me and accidentally followed and unfollowed them again lol

gameshowcraig.bsky.social•648 days ago

See! It’s a common happening!

davis.social•648 days ago

Sounds like we could use a UI tweak!

richard.medsky.social•648 days ago

Yeah that’s gonna be a follow from me for this one

jmhodges.bsky.social•648 days ago

Oh, there's a high likelihood they're doing that to stay at the top of your Followers list and be followed by others including other bots looking to look less spammy.

I first learned about folks (well, bots) doing that to Justin Bieber's account while working anti-spam at Twitter over a decade ago

davis.social•648 days ago

A simple solution to this could be for follower payloads to be returned in reverse order. Oldest followers seen first.

jakevig.bsky.social•648 days ago

I’m double and triple following just to be sure

hayao.lol•648 days ago

Jake, that's the kind if dedication that makes you a legend

jakevig.bsky.social•648 days ago

Wish I could follow you six more times for this, thank you kindly

thorbycorvin.bsky.social•648 days ago

Jake ffs but the ratio. THE RATIOOOOOOOO

jakevig.bsky.social•648 days ago

I can’t help myself

billdungsroman.bsky.social•648 days ago

Bird App bullshit. Come on

theblacknerd.bsky.social•648 days ago

yeah i just say the dumbest thing imaginable and people like it, far easier

thematzohballsoup.bsky.social•648 days ago

I never have anything dumb to say so I'm left with liking someone's posts 3x and hoping they notice 🫣

theblacknerd.bsky.social•648 days ago

I'm high every night so I'm a fount of stupidity

gravity-pike.bsky.social•648 days ago

man, if your profile looks like you're trying to boost your numbers for some influencer lifestyle scam, I'll just block straight away. go hock that shit on instagram.

bitchesthecat.bsky.social•646 days ago

So it’s the early days of twitter over here? That’s refreshing 😹

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