If someone follows me than why should I have to "request" to follow back?
I fully understand why someone wants to gatekeeper their community. But once they've chosen to initiate a connection the reciprocal permission should be automatic.
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Lucas 🌐
in reply to Matthew Malthouse • • •Some people are just posting for some friends or family, not for the public.
Matthew Malthouse
in reply to Lucas 🌐 • • •@P_Lucas
Fine. Then they can go indulge their clannishness with other folks.
Because to my mind following someone from secrecy is stalker behaviour.
Lucas 🌐
in reply to Matthew Malthouse • • •sorry but that’s not the supposed sense of following.
You follow an account because the posts are interesting of you. Where is the sense when there is always a “follow back”, but the posts aren’t interesting for you?
If I post about cooking but are interested in tech a follow tech accounts. Why should they follow me?
Doesn’t make sense to me
Matthew Malthouse
in reply to Lucas 🌐 • • •@P_Lucas
I wasn't suggesting an automatic follow back.
Only that when someone follows me the _ability_ to follow back should not be restricted.
Basically: if you follow me you pre-approve me following you too.
Lucas 🌐
in reply to Matthew Malthouse • • •Why should you see my private posts, just because I follow you?
Sorry but that’s not the feature of a “follow”.
Matthew Malthouse
in reply to Lucas 🌐 • • •@P_Lucas
Nothing abou private posts.
It's about the ability to follow public posts.
You're inventing an objection to something I haven't said.
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