How many Hubbers do you Follow?

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   cheaptrickposted 14 years ago

   Is there such a thing as following to many hubbers.Do you read all Hubbers you follow?

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      earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I don't know if you can follow too many. I read hubs, if I like a hub I may follow, I only read the hubs in my area of interest even if I love the hubber I do not read all their hubs on flower arranging for example, as a guy it may not hold my attention.
      It does get hard to keep up with followers now, but I get around to them all eventually.

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      darksideposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      If a person regularly joins fan clubs but never has the time nor inclination to read a hub of the person they're following, then I think there is such a thing as following too many people.
      
      I'm following just 25 people. That may go up to 26 this year, but only if the potential follow-worthy hubber has been around for a while and publishes quality hubs. I don't follow someone just because they have a pretty profile pic.

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      Hauntyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I follow 43. But I nofollow most of them, so to speak.

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      rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I guess it depends why we follow people. I read those I follow, but not everything they write, topics that really interest me.
      also those that follow me, and I like to find hubs/hubbers that I know nothing about.
      
      I follow people because I enjoy their writing and sometimes to let them know I support them. I don't know how many I follow, maybe 40 or 50. I don't count.   there are so many talented writers here.

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      activewriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I'm new to this but if someone is kind enough to take the time to read my hub and post a comment chances are I will follow them.  If I am fortunate enough to get lots of traffic this may change.

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      Mishaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, you can follow too many. After some magical proportion between whom you follow and who follows you it starts to reflect on your hubscore, to the point of it going all the way down to 1.

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         cheaptrickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Misha,what is the most important thing one should keep in mind to maintain Hubrank?
         Mine goes up and down more than my love life lol.

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            Mishaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Be natural.
            
            And it always fluctuates, this is by design.

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      Mikel G Robertsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      So far I am following 2.
      The first one because of talks in the forums. (Will Apse)
      The second (StormRyder) because I can't wait to read what she writes next. {I think it may be the Avatar, but she put me in the 'friend zone' so it may be the hubs...}

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   poetlorraineposted 14 years ago

   i follow more than 25 some i read everything they write, and others i just catch up with every now and again.  i deliberately go through my list, and make a point of reading ones i have not got to for a while.......  connecting is fun. oops Darkside i don't think you are on my list, yet

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   Uninvited Writerposted 14 years ago

   I have lost track of how many I follow. However, only about 10 of them write regularly and I do read their hubs.

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   Will Apseposted 14 years ago

   I usually follow people who don't otherwise have many followers- usually new people. It seems to be important to some people otherwise I wouldn't do it at all.

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   Miss Takeposted 14 years ago

   well i do not have many followers, but i only follow a few as i have not got lots of time really.

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   Jane@CMposted 14 years ago

   I do read as many hubs of the people I follow as possible.  I do follow people who share the same interest as I do and I have a wide range of interests.

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   cheaptrickposted 14 years ago

   Question.
   Do you give more credibility to comments posted by folks with many followers?

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      Hauntyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Absolutely no. Take Misha for instance. Thousands of followers, credibility out of the question.

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      AEvansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Nope because some with less have more knowledge.

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      rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      no, not at all. depends on subject matter. a few with many are quite rude.  I went back and counted mine, I follow quite a few more than 50.

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   AEvansposted 14 years ago

   I follow quite a few and do get around to reading there are some that I go to and they haven't written in months, so I drop a line asking them where they have been. It takes me time but I do read the only thing is that I read and do not always comment because I do not want to clog the feed with my comments or people may think I am nuts! lolololo

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   jenblacksheepposted 14 years ago

   I'm not sure how many people I follow, must be around 20-25. Generally i only read hubs that I am particularly interested in, but sometimes I feel bad for not reading anything in a while so I go through the hubbers that publish regularly and pick a couple to read.

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    jenblacksheepposted 14 years ago

    Turns out I follow about 40 people ... no wonder I can't keep up!

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       darksideposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Well then, you're just a novice. There'd be some around here who are following 4000.

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    Mamelodyposted 14 years ago

    I follow about 15 people and I try as much as possible to read and comment on hubs. I generally follow those who have interesting hubs ..

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    myownworldposted 14 years ago

    I don't have any hard and fast rules about who I fan. If I like someone's hubs, definitely then, but sometimes, even before that, if I like their forum 'presence', I'll follow. And I like people easily...

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    cheaptrickposted 14 years ago

    Question.
    Do you think it shows good etiquette to leave a comment when you become a Hubbers Follower?

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       Hauntyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Is it your 9-year-old daughter posting these questions, Dean, because I'm kinda starting to think that.

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          cheaptrickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Nowww, you play nice...

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             Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             hey
             did ya get my message?

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                cheaptrickposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Yes Sweet Justine I did.Right after I read a few words my computer crashed and I lost your E Mail so couldn't reply.
                Thanks for Tolerating a Grampa lol.

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                   Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   Ok good.  MY computer crashed and I just now saw this ..

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             Hauntyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             I'm sorry.

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       only if its genuine

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    blatvaposted 14 years ago

    I follow a small handful of people. I like to really get to know the person first. BUT I still regularly check hubitivity for new stuff :3

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    Obscurely Diverseposted 14 years ago

    I think a lot of people look at 'following' as some sort of a reciprocal 'link exchange' on here...sort of like the concept:  If I follow you, please follow me, hence forth my "follower status" on my profile will look much more significant and accepted, now that I have more "followers."
    In reality, I doubt if people are as followed as they think.
    
    I haven't really gave it much though, as of now, since I only technically follow 4 people, currently.  Even though, many of the ones I keep up with, are not in my follow list.  Maybe I'll expand later, but more people need to follow their own self more and produce more useful content as opposed to lingering around.  Hey, this is my first forum post...I'm officially a dweller here, now...ha-ha!

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    liswilliamsposted 14 years ago

    If something catches my attention

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    cheaptrickposted 14 years ago

    I GOTA quit starting Threads!
    Every time I do this my Hubrank goes Down!
    Suppose HP staff is trying to tell me something?lol

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    Jared in Vegasposted 14 years ago

    I agree with most people here. I follow 12 hubbers, but I don't read everything they write. I follow them because they wrote something that I found interesting so I decided to follow them just so I'll be updated when they write in the future. I've also deleted a few people simply because they're not active.

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    relacheposted 14 years ago

    If you compared the number of people I follow to the number who follow me, the folks I follow are 1.4% of my followers.

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