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 The nostriches I like are pro actual engagement and don’t care about follower count. Value model. Accounts obsessed with followers tend to be scammers imo. 
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 Preach it 
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Following matters more than followers. 

Do you care about the content you are absorbing or are you just self absorbed…? 
 Exactly! 
 I agree, but getting more followers is nice if done naturally. By posting content people value, you will get better interaction on your posts. Done this way followers can be a nice metric on the quality of your posts. 'Hey cool 100 followers' is about as far as I will go concerning followers. 

The scammy stuff is cringey. I don't get it. What do you get from a bunch of followers that followed or reposted for sats. 
 Yes daddy 
 Well that’s a first. Never been called Daddy. 
 I think I wrote in the wrong post, how can I unsent? 😂😂 
 🤣😂🤣 There’s no delete! 
 Found this while scrolling global. Note engaged!! 
 How was global today? 
 diverse 
 There is no contradiction because engagement goes up with follower count.

There is no algo here, and most people don't boost, so if someone isn't following you, they literally cannot see anything you write. 
 Uh, try scrolling global feed sometime! 
 Hell no. 
 Echo chambers are cool and all but, you can literally find someone you’re not following in global, and even better than that, can search a hashtag in global to find… wait for it… someone posting about something that peaks your interest! 
 The last time I was in there, it was full of cartoon kiddie porn and Nigbot. I'll pass. 
 Turn off whatever relays are feeding you that and keep the nostr.wine relay you have turned on… 
 I already have the wine filter feeding me new npubs regularly, and I follow-back once per week. That is enough. 
 Put your npub where your mouth is and start over with a new one... with one follower. 
 I have done this exact thing already. Lost my main with almost 2k followers. At it again I go lol 
 I also did it. From 2300 followers to 1.
Humbling experience.

Replies be like
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b7/2d/d0/b72dd05180817700dd6d7558ca653138.gif 
 A true DEGEN lol yes yes that is exactly how it feels! 
 People are also more likely to engage with someone who has a lot of followers because they're less likely to be a psycho, bot, or a scammer. 
 The ones who actually engage are the ones reaping the true benefits of Nostr… the community. 🫂