My quarterly reminder that hate following is only done by the worst people. If you’re hate following me I probably know it, and I see you, and I am judging you. So, if you are hate following me, I suggest you get the hell away, and block me for good measure, because I don’t want you near me, and I guarantee you don’t want me near you.
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have u ever like?? halfway hate-followed someone? like they're kind of a dick but u like their content so u can't unfollow them. so u just kind of. scroll thru their blog but every time they say something on there u cuss them out internally
This friend on Facebook that I only keep on there just to "hate follow" I never comment on anything they post...and Facebook thinks we are BEST FRIEEEEEEENDS!!! 😣 (that loser always being the first name listed on the friends list tab and always being the result in those stupid quizzes, heck Facebook wants us practically married!!! 😂
I had a thing this morning when cleaning up my Twitter. Maybe it’s content lulls, maybe it’s quarantine brains. Maybe a change in creative direction. Whatever the case, there sometimes comes a point where people spend more time griping about a game they play or a show they watch or a series they read than actively enjoying it anymore. They start to engage with the media out of a sense of obligation, a need to finish it, or a hope it improves, or because all their friends are still there...
No. Stop.
Trust me, if you’re only in it for the people/RP/etc, then all you’re going to do is poison those connections. I’ve seen it too many times. There are other ways to stay in touch with folks without spending all your time tearing down things they may still enjoy. Come back to it later, maybe, with a fresh perspective. Or don’t, that’s OK too. But know of you spend most of your posts being about how the writing sucks the devs are terrible at X and so on...I’m going to step back for awhile. Maybe for good, if it continues. Because I just don’t need or want that.
I have absolutely unfollowed, even muted or blocked, friends (or former friends) before, too, for being so negative about things they were still active in and even spending money on and I couldn’t see why. And/Or they became so anti-everything I had to get out and detox my brain from their influence and relearn how to like, or just be OK with, some things again.
I’m also going to make more of an effort to follow my own advice, particularly about making sure my own blogs and such are the kinds of feeds I’d want to follow if I were a fandom newb looking for people in a new fandom I was excited about.
Transcript below:
Beginning of the month *checks Following, removes various random celebs & fandom folks who’ve become relentlessly negative about the thing they’re ostensibly in the fandom of* Twitter will eventually be like FB where I follow a handful of local folks, some artists, & meme accts.
Especially since this damned platform makes me see everyone’s Likes & Retweets regardless anyway, unless I manually shut off the retweets per account (and sometimes even still...)
Yeah, there’s something to criticize in all properties (& I certainly do) but when it gets to the point where I wonder why you’re in a fandom for something you don’t seem to enjoy at all or have good opinion of, that’s when I start to analyze how much I need to keep following.
A good rule of thumb may be to look at your own feeds as if a new fandom baby, excited about this new thing & wanting to follow folks in this fandom. Would excited fandom baby follow an acct where the poster thinks everything is a trash fire? Or skip for others loving it too?
Reply Post: It just sucks when it’s also people you otherwise like & enjoy what they create but I’ve had too many instances where someone’s negativity/anti opinions drug me down with them & sucked joy out of things. So now I preempt that. Sometimes it’s just a cycle & needing a break, too.
Every time they post you're like, "oh shit, here she goes popping off about some bullshit that means nothing to no one and acting like its the end of the goddamn world with her tiny ass problems, lemmie go to her page and make sure I haven't missed any of her recent posts."
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It's funny cause I never see "SJWS" hate-following people. The only thing close I can think of that's remotely close is people following blogs like "sonic-for-real-justice" or "gravity-falls-for-realjustice" because they're so hilarious to the point where you question whether or not they're secretly parody blogs or some sort of elaborate RP.