When Do You Unfollow Someone?

[Awesome Framers]

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately. When I follow someone, its because I'm interesting in their content. Maybe its funny, or educational, or I just really like the person after meeting them IRL (talking about you @the_ladyplumber)

My question is this, when do you unfollow? Lately I've noticed that many of those I follow post commentary or repost political content. I don't use the plaforms for any of that. Do you just mute them? Unfollow them?

I don't have the time to wade through to the usefull content.

 

[John Talman]

This is a great question and while I don't have the perfect answer, I bet several folks here can share what they've done and to what degree of success.

Early thought is maybe muting is safest?

 

[janel.delgado]

I feel like @Aiden Schneider would have some good insight

I personally love the mute button, but I also feel there should be no shame in unfollowing accounts you no longer find enjoyable/useful

 

[the_ladyplumber]

Awe thank you Tim! I personally love your content, the mix of education and humor a perfect balance. For me, if someone starts going political, religious, conspiracy theory-ish, consistent negative posts, I will unfollow. I don’t scroll a lot so when I do, I want to see the positive people that enjoy seeing their content especially related to construction, seeing content I’m interested in outside of work, like fitness amd rollerskating. I don’t want to flood my minimal scrolling with negativity and things I’m not interested in. So I have no problem unfollowing if the stars don’t align.

 

[the_ladyplumber]

I feel like @Aiden Schneider would have some good insight

I personally love the mute button, but I also feel there should be no shame in unfollowing accounts you no longer find enjoyable/useful

I didn’t even know there was a mute button lol

 

[KAyersETC]

I'm a big purge person. Once a year, sometime in the winter usually, or on a rainy day where I have nothing else to do, I will find myself unfollowing people en masse. When doing so I ask myself these questions:

1) how long has it been since I thought about you or saw you?
2) would I like to reconnect at some point?
3) am I enjoying your content?

For the most part, I don't care if someone disagrees with me politically, religiously, or any of that, but it may one day change my answer to number 3. THAT IS OKAY but so is being in touch with different opinions. In turn, I end up giving a longer leash to someone whose content morphs, than I do someone who I haven't interacted with and maybe don't think it's important to try and interact with anytime soon. Part of the problem with social media is the fact that it has created echo chambers. There doesn't have to be a diversity of thought or influx of new ideals when you are the one catering your feed and choosing what you see. In the end, I want social media to complement my in-person experiences and not detract from them, so that's how I build my platforms.

It sounds like @Awesome Framers wants to only see useful content, so if that is the intended purpose, that should be all you follow someone for.

 

[Awesome Framers]

All good, nuanced views. Love it! Right now my explore page is all Mariners baseball and that's ok with me

 

[the_ladyplumber]

Mine is all rollerskating and fitness