Perhaps I am demonstrating my naivety, but I never even considered this! I guess, thinking about it now, that ratio does make sense if you assume that your followers number grew organically to the point it over takes your following number. But no one ever grew on social media without someone somewhere sometime following them before they were the big authority in that space. What's the harm in some reciprocity? Unless your ego is so fragile that part of your worth is that ratio be as skewed as possible. I would rather be the one who raises others up, than the one that denies "follow-ship" to protect a metric.
I've been doing exactly this on Substack and it's been an awesome January so far! I've chatted with a lot of cool people and I'm looking forward to collaborate with some of them :)
Perhaps I am demonstrating my naivety, but I never even considered this! I guess, thinking about it now, that ratio does make sense if you assume that your followers number grew organically to the point it over takes your following number. But no one ever grew on social media without someone somewhere sometime following them before they were the big authority in that space. What's the harm in some reciprocity? Unless your ego is so fragile that part of your worth is that ratio be as skewed as possible. I would rather be the one who raises others up, than the one that denies "follow-ship" to protect a metric.
Yes, creating connection with others is amazing!
I've been doing exactly this on Substack and it's been an awesome January so far! I've chatted with a lot of cool people and I'm looking forward to collaborate with some of them :)
I love this! It’s so true and the ratio argument makes so much sense! Thanks for the advice!
Side note, fudgicle is hilarious when you hit play and let Substack read it to you 😂😂