Comment by 0xDEAFBEAD

IMO we need to move past the follower/following model on social media.

Having followers is the best way to get followers, which creates a fame snowball.

The result is that a few uploads get a bunch of attention, and most uploads get very little attention. The typical user feels lonely, isolated, neglected. Jealously means the attention-rich users, the ones with lots of followers, become targets for bullies -- and that leaves them miserable too. No one is happy.

Platforms with a more equal distribution of attention, such as IRC, didn't have these problems.

Virality was a mistake.