GETTING AHEAD
Counterpoints: Follow For Follow
Okay, dipstick. If everything’s cheating, then nothing is.
Can you get boosted bigly by writing slasher gore horror erotica here? I think so. Getting to the top of the heap is the goal for a lot of writers, but how you get to the top is also important. There’s a right way a wrong way to progress. What’s the right way?
Instead of explaining a single point and adding details, I’ll take up both sides. That means I’m right no matter what your conclusions are. Me likey!
Point
Victor, Follow-to-follow (F2F) or following in the hopes of being followed is senseless. It’s the equivalent of blindly injecting steroids into your butt muscles. You don’t even know what’s in the stuff BALCO sent over to your domicile — all you know it’s easy, and the results feel GOOOOOOOD. Maybe you’re not Victor Conte, but F2F doesn’t make you a better writer. You’re a dirty THOT of a writer who shakes their ass for claps, highlights, and follows.
Counterpoint
Adults can converse without insults, Victor. Are you so addicted to an abject lack of success that you refuse to use provided tools? These options exist because the developers of this social site want us to be social. Social writing is about connecting. You’re so antisocial, you don’t look at yourself in the mirror when you brush your teeth.
You’re the type of person that needs a spit sample analysis before you can give someone a fist bump. You’re taking yourself too seriously. Enjoy your one-way ticket to loserdom. I’ll be using my monthly pay to go axe-throwing with my family.
Point
My initial approach was a little aggressive, Victor. Smillew is the single biggest harlot on this site. If there is a way to extract an extra .08 cents per out of a published piece, he will do it. He has people writing about him constantly. Those people are as dumb as they look:
Smillew is kudzu so are you if your ratio isn’t reflective of pure virtue
Smillew (and his co-editor grandma) utilize a F2F ratio (followers to following) in order to rank an individual writer’s greatness¹. No one ‘writes around’ as much as Smillew, but he doesn’t stoop to F2F.
Counterpoint
You strumpet — I’ve seen the tags you use, Victor. I remember all the writers you’ve tagged, you sellout. You have no business criticizing any other methods.
You’re a top writer in cooking? Not long ago, you didn’t even know what “sauté” meant. I remember when you burned those crabs while ‘steaming’ them. The only thing you’re cooking is the books.
You’re hypocritical and acting like you’re above it all. The only thing you should be above is a children’s cookbook.
Clearly this is a stalemate. Am I right? Or is Victor right? I’m leaning toward Victor myself.
¹F2F can be gamed if a writer follows a bunch of people and then unfollows them after they follow them back. Diabolical.