"Following" is about the poorest social networking interaction we could implement.
"Following" is also freaking cringe as a concept.
#ReimagineSocial? 🤔
https://social.coop/@smallcircles/113514733149474740
@smallcircles Not quite.
Livejournal had "friends" and wow, did that ever lead to some drama.
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@smallcircles subscribed/subscribers if one-way? connected/connections if mutual?
@smallcircles that's so true! i'm going to follow you
2024-11-20 triskelion ┃ edited
@smallcircles Ah, the good old days when I used Facebook, it had "Friends," but it was basically just a mutual follow. Then I hopped onto Instagram and discovered this fresh concept called […]
@smallcircles "listening"
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