Do you "follow" people on mylot?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43074)
Staten Island, New York
October 18, 2017 3:58pm CST
I am not really big on "following" people; that is hitting the FOLLOW button. If I want to read what people have posted I can go to their profile page and find it there. Or I can go and look at one of the lists. Or I can do a search. I don't actually have to "follow" them, to keep up with what they post, or to actually read it and interact.
I think that unless you are planning on reading everything a member has already posted and will post in the future, there is no reason to "follow" him/her. The only advantage of "following" someone would be to not have to memorize his/her exact username or profile URL.
And what does "following" someone actually do? Aside from seeing a list of all the people we have "followed" do we get notified when the person we "follow" posts something new? I haven't received or seen any of those notifications.
Do you "follow" people on mylot? Do you have more "followers" than people you "follow"?
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8 responses
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Oct 17
I definitely have more followers (though not a high number) than people I follow.
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
19 Oct 17
I follow people from when I first joined, but havent followed anyone since 2 weeks later. My favorites are bookmarked to my phone, where i mylot from. And i go to most recents for everyone else.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Oct 17
I only "followed" some people because I was told that it looks bad when people go to my profile and see that I am not following anyone. And I followed those people that I see interacting on my posts frequently or enough times.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Oct 17
@Courtlynn It shouldn't matter but maybe it does to a point. I was wondering about this... I "followed" people and I never get notified that so and so posted a new discussion, etc. Thought maybe there are settings that you can update to receive or not receive these notifications. But seems they never send those to us.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
19 Oct 17
@lovebuglena was never told that, nor do i think it matters as we dont get notified of new posts by them so no point to me
@cttolledo (5460)
• Legaspi, Philippines
19 Oct 17
I like to follow and be followed too! I think this is mylot all about. to broaden your world by connecting with people here to read their stories and read yours also. I want to maximize this site could offer.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Oct 17
Yes, but you don't have to actually "follow" them to keep up with what they post and to connect with them. Of course, you have to remember their username and by "following" you don't have to worry about that.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Oct 17
Do you follow a lot of people?
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Oct 17
Do you follow anyone that doesn't follow you?
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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7110)
• Cuddalore, India
18 Oct 17
Sometimes not all the time. But having more followers will increase attention to your post
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Oct 17
@Lignitecityabishek96 What do you mean you lost them? They stopped following you?
@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
18 Oct 17
I follow those from whom I expect posts similar or around my topics of interest. Rest of the time I am surfing the "Explore" tab.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Oct 17
This sounds like a good idea to follow someone who shares the same interests or writes about similar things as you.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Oct 17
You don't actually have to "follow" people to interact with them or see what they've posted, so doesn't really matter if you use the FOLLOW feature here.
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