The (Medium) Writing Biz
People who follow but do not clap, comment, highlight, etc.
Some theories on this on why people do this
Ok, so this has been bothering me just a tad… ok, it’s been bothering me a lot!
Why some people follow but do not engage or interact at all is a bit puzzling to me. No comments or highlights or even one clap.
Here are my ideas as to why this may happen:
- They think my photo is cute and want to save it for worship later. Weird but whatever.
- They think my photo is cute and want to stalk me later. Been there done that. Did I mention I currently live on Mars?
- They are extremely, extremely shy.
- They are a secret talent scout for The New Yorker. Don’t roll your eyes! It could happen and when it does your going to be sorry!
- They merely want to read and not interact. It’s not like it’s a crime or anything.
- They want me to make the first move toward interaction and then they will interact back. No seriously, I think this really happens. It’s very passive-aggressive behavior. Then again, they could be in luck there because I love mental cases — makes me feel right at home in the world.
- They follow so that I will follow them and then at some point they will unfollow me. Nice try, losers. I have an Instagram account so I already know all about this. Not falling for it.
- Perhaps it’s just like a lot of things in life: mysterious and unexplainable… just like all those people who walk around Walmart or the grocery store loaded down with stuff and dropping shit because they didn’t think they would need a cart. Just get a cart already people! I don’t care if you say you’re only buying milk — we both know you’re gonna walk out with $50 worth of shit so just get the dang cart.
- Who cares? They are adding to my follower count, if nothing else. I don’t believe people at all when they say they don’t care how many followers they have — more is always better!
What do you think? What’s your thoughts on why people do this?
