I will follow you if:
- I discover that your posts are consistently thoughtful and meaningful.
- I notice that you reblog a selection of my posts that indicates we have a common eye or interest.
- You like or respond to one of my posts that is especially important to me
- You rarely if ever flood, post random or senseless bits of private conversation, do reblog-ifs, mindless memes, or pictures of gross or half eaten food
- You design your posts with your audience in mind rather than just to “express yourself” (which isn’t really a goal in itself, but rather is just an excuse for being lazy and thoughtless in your interactions with others)
- You never post nudity or salacious imagery (being “artistic” doesn’t make it any less offensive - art and smut are certainly not mutually exclusive)
However, I absolutely will not follow you simply because you followed me. So to the 30 or so people who follow me in a week only to unfollow me a week later when I inevitably don’t respond with a follow back, please stop. You are wasting your time trying to push up a meaningless number in a spammy dishonest way. Life is too short to be spent like that and your follower count doesn’t actually represent how many people are actually paying attention to your posts anyway (the actual number is closer to 10% - probably much less if you aren’t doing the kinds of things I described to build a relationship with the community).
If you really want me to follow you, now you know how to make it happen :)
yes. thank you, Nathan - my sentiments exactly.
