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legxxi | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Having for example, followers/following so prominently in a user’s profile, is just a copy of the corporate social media.

The following/followers feature is basically a social credit system.
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Karnage | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +6 
 What’s wrong with seeing who people follow? I agree, followers count could disappear as far as I’m concerned.
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the figtree | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes.
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nobody | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 🧐🤔
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Azz | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 No, it's helpful to build a web of trust