Social Media Followback Culture - VEDA 14
209 views · Published 14 April 2013 · 2:37 · Indexed 15 October 2026
Channel: Jay Swanson · 2013 · People & Blogs
Do you really expect people to actually pay attention to what you're doing when they wantonly follow thousands of people in hopes that those people will follow them back? This all came about because I've noticed two trends on my Instagram account lately: spambots and followbacks. This has always been the case on Twitter, and I've tried interacting with followback types before - but they never seem to talk back. This leaves me wondering: what's the point? It kind of ruins the whole social media experience if, instead of sharing ideas and talking with each other, we just shout at each other and expect to trade "follows" as if they were some sort of currency in themselves. You can follow me on these networks, but I can't promise I'll follow you back ;) http://jayswanson.me TWITTER: http://twitter.com/jayonaboat FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/jay.swanson.author INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/jayswanson TUMBLR: http://jayswanson.tumblr.com
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