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I have a follower!

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by David Hamilton, Apr 16, 2013.

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  1. #1
    I've never been much into the whole social networking thing, but I received an alert on DP that someone was following me...

    Should I be scared, worried, intrigued, excited?

    It's a bit of a new thing for me, never knew I was that interesting =)
     
    David Hamilton, Apr 16, 2013 IP
  2. Spoiltdiva

    Spoiltdiva Acclaimed Member

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    No worries ,I have 155 followers. What it means is that someone appreciates your posts and thinks of you as an asset to the site. Becoming a follower is a metaphorical friendly pat on the back.
    It's also an invitation to do business and to make contact.
    Whenever anyone decides to follow me I do likewise.;)

    P.S. Make that 156 followers, just got a new one, thanks Amelia!:)
     
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    Spoiltdiva, Apr 16, 2013 IP
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    Devtard Notable Member

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    To me, it means that someone is interested in reading my posts.

    I am glad that the new forum platform has the news feed, there was no such thing when DP was running on vBulletin (the "friend concept" is useless if there is no way to see your "friends'" posts like on Twitter).
     
    Devtard, Apr 16, 2013 IP
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    Spoiltdiva Acclaimed Member

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    Actually my friendship list has always been useful to me. I preuse my list whenever I need any pinch hit article writers, as we get swamped here.
    Also when I need tech advice, and also I put friends together as to business opportunities. With friendship comes benifits. You can ask many of the people on my friendship list wether or not they have made any $$$ by me or because of me. And it has worked both ways as they have referred clients to me.
    Friendship=business.
     
    Spoiltdiva, Apr 16, 2013 IP
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    ScroLun Active Member

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    I just received my first follower yesterday, it's cool what they've done with the new system.
     
    ScroLun, Apr 16, 2013 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #6
    It was probably your mum. She could be DP stalking to make sure you're not up to no good.
     
    dcristo, Apr 17, 2013 IP
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    :confused: It actually wouldn't surprise me, you might be onto something
     
    David Hamilton, Apr 17, 2013 IP
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    They probably think that your posts are HQ
     
    guo9810, Apr 17, 2013 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    Contact them and if they are overly polite it probably is.
     
    dcristo, Apr 17, 2013 IP
  10. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    In the past with vBulletin, the following system was pretty pointless and just a way to show who you like.

    Now I actually see some good functionality in it. For example:

    Being alerted when someone you follow starts a new thread.

    It should increase the amount of quality communication and encourage people to create quality threats knowing those who follow them will get alerted.
     
    Blogmaster, Apr 21, 2013 IP