Now We're FOLLOWERS? You've GOT To Be Kidding!!!!
- Ghost32posted 14 years ago
0 Same here. I always thought "fan" was a little strong a word. I like "follower". It's used when people say something like, "I follow his weekly column," all the time. (People on HubPages have had too much exposure to that religious forum for too long.
)ragnaworks, to you it may be. To me, "follower" is not as strong as "fan". Actually, on another thread about the fan/follower thing, someone mentioned, "subscriber". I like that one best.
- Scott.Lifeposted 14 years ago0
If I follow you and you follow me, then we will go in circles!
But if I follow you and you don't follow me, does that make me a stocker? - Ghost32posted 14 years ago0
See, Habee? With a fever, you could USE a fan! What good is a mere follower when you're overheated?
I KNOW-I thought the guy who left me mail today was a stalker.
Followers? I agree, Ghost, it is sort of creepy.Hmmm...If we all follow each other, won't we just go in circles?
- Ghost32posted 14 years ago0
Plus there are all those chances of rear end collisions....
Okay, y'all got me laughing at the idiocy instead of cussing at it in futile, impotent rage. That's GOT to be a good thing, right?
- Ghost32posted 14 years ago0
That ("following") is why the only time I spend at Twitter is to "tweet" a new Hub. It certainly does NOT have to be a "good thing" because it "works" at Twitter...but mayhap thy posting was facetious?
- Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago0
Interesting - I feel that "fan" is the stronger word if you remove the religious connotation from follow
I feel it makes us look a bit like twitter or facebook, and reminds me very much of blog-speak. Actually I was reading a new hubber today who kept calling her articles "blogs" instead of hubs.
On the one hand, it's nice to be more consistent with other online-speak, but on the other, I should hate to loose too much of what makes Hub Pages unique.- Leta Sposted 14 years ago0
- Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago0
- Nelle Hoxieposted 14 years ago0
- zampanoposted 14 years ago0
I feel rather uneasy with this "follower" thing.
as if each one of us had herds to keep.
I mean how are you going to feed them every day ?
Some of you would be in trouble with more than 200 heads.
Hub pasture ? I like subscriber. Follower does sound weird to me. I use twitter, but I don't see HubPages as the same, and the terminology is off. I publish hubs, not "twubs"!
Interesting statement from the TarPits
- Yeah, but you know what I'm saying here, don't you? The Internet didn't used to be like this, with fans and friends and followers and what have you. It was just random people on newsgroups and forums. Much better, if you ask me. I blame that Facebook, myself.
Well personally I don't mind Leading for others to 'follow'... But I'm the sort of writer that will lead them all over place, if they 'follow' or stalk me!
Fan is by far more appropriate to appreciating someone's work.
Clearly, to accomodate 'followers' I will have to be less open in my writing...
Or Put On My Profile: 'Don't Follow me; I'm Lost!'
Heaven help anyone who is really paranoid... HP can send out new follower notifications - accompanied by that song by BeatFreakz: "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me."
Would have been Nice to have voted on the change HP.- Justine76posted 14 years ago0
FOLLOW ME !!
- bloodnlatexposted 14 years ago0
- bloodnlatexposted 14 years ago0
In the end, it's just semantics, I think. I don't follow a prescribed anything or anyone unless I know it's going to be good for me. They can call it whatever they want, but in the end, it's about social interaction, support, sense of community and belonging. Just like my neighbors, they come and go, some stay a long time, and some I talk to frequently while others it's a rare occasion.
Follower or fan is not a good description of this type of interaction, but I suppose in this community which is both a hybrid of writer's community and social network site, "follower" or "fan" is about as close as we're gonna get. So you can say I follow, but I'll just prove I don't, really. But I don't mind interacting. Yet, the term "interactor" seems incredibly clumsy here, nor does the term "neighbor" work. "Friend" is perhaps the closest, but honestly, a cyber friend is a lot different than real-time, real-world friend.
They can call it what they want, I don't really care.
If all of us are going to have so many followers, may I suggest we all start our own religion. There seems to be justification for so many diverse beliefs in the religion forum.phew
it came up on another thread
i feel better
- bloodnlatexposted 14 years ago0
May light the first match? I'll let you return the favor!
Followers is better than....Homeys.....Worshipers....Acquaintances...My Dudes....My Dudetts...Good Buddies....Buds....Suck Ups...Cha Chings...etc.
peeps
Hey...I have two twits!
I like Twits!
- bloodnlatexposted 14 years ago0
Hey manly !!! Hey friend !!
I just re-checked some one on here to make sure I had fanned them (now called follower)...and it said on their profile "Quit following such-and-such"...Ok here's where I ROFLMAO...
!!!Oh...it's funny...it should almost be like a big sign at that bottom of everyone's profile that flashes if your following too close!
Hi PDH...(From one of your followers
!)
Don't look now...but your being "followed"...This might get a whole lot of mileage...before I give up "following" this train of thinking...I will "follow" it to it's conclusion...Does anyone else care to "follow" along?
"Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk!"
I'm following, even I don't know where we're going !
- bloodnlatexposted 14 years ago0
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