Is it narcissistic to follow yourself?

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   davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

   Accidentally or as a quirk of purpose, hubpages has afforded us the ability to follow ourselves.  Whether we choose to follow ourselves or not is not really the question here.  The question is more about the motivation behind the action.  Do we follow ourselves out of narcissism, fun, or just because we may be lost?

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      Xenonlitposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I'd follow myself if I were interesting and wrote good...

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         paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Same here.

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            davenmidtownposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I wouldn't follow myself... have you seen my from behind!  ahahhahaha

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               Xenonlitposted 11 years agoin reply to this

               Sknorxx!

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   Website Examinerposted 11 years ago

   Maybe neither. Some people may do this for practical reasons, namely to receive the same notifications their followers will receive. If a notification is not being sent, the Hubber will learn about it sooner.

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      paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      You continue to amaze me. HP really does need to put you on the payroll. They could do it on a part-time, consultancy basis and not have to mess around with the taxes or paperwork. Just a thought.

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   stclairjackposted 11 years ago

   i had no idea,.... i have to follow myself now! ha!

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   And now I have to go follow myself, but that's OK. I'm used to running around in circles.
   
   [edit: Done!]

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   Interesting. According to my profile, I am following myself twice. Am I awesome or what!?! Do others see two entries as well? I'm curious.

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   davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

   paradigmsearch... maybe it is more algebraic ... and two negatives make a positive????

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   davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

   or two positives are still positive.... hmmm

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   paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

   We could even nuance this some more.
   
   How many entries to my followers see?
   
   How many entries do my non-followers see?

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   davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

   a ratio approach to stardom?  perhaps an audit of the top hubbers is in order... ... hmmm what if you had so many multiple accounts that you could impact the results of your hubs all by yourself... or even your ad revenue... hmmmm would people really do that?  how would we know???

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    paradigmsearch .... 326 followers... that is what I see...

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       paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Do you see this statement once or twice on my profile page:
       
       "paradigmsearch is now following you"
       
       ?

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          paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          I'm really curious. Who sees one entry and who sees two?

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             paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             Due to my blatherings, the entries are now on the second page.

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    although on your profile it lists 326 followers... on the information under you name it only lists 324 followers.

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       paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks!!! I hadn't noticed that!
       
       Tis curious...
       
       The next experiment is what happens when I un-follow myself.

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    Website Examinerposted 11 years ago

    To un-follow oneself over a minor domestic dispute, I'd call that egocentric.

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       paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Talk about timing! Your response is above my reply.

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       Paragliderposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Funny

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    you become a denser version of yourself since you are no longer spread so thin???

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    one entry of you following yourself???

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       paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       You see one. I see two. That makes sense. I'm seeing what others see and it is then being reported back to me as to what others see.

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    I went through all 17 pages of your followers and only saw that you were following yourself once... so I think you are actually following yourself 3 times and it only appears on your physical list of followers once... which would make the difference 324 (includeing 1 following of yourself) - 326 total followers = 2 so.... 1+ 2 =3.... you have followed yourself so many times that you lost track of who is leading!

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       paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       I have no choice but to agree. I hope I don't initiate a recursion syndrome, crashing the HP servers in the process. Maybe I should give ehow(sucks) my regards...

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    I don't think the blame can be laid solely at your feet... many people follow themselves.. which is why I wrote this forum...  Besides you can always blame your better half and plead for mercy based on the good parts of you...

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    great... implement me in this by following me... lol... Hahahahahahahah

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       paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       You are doomed!

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    what is interesting... that my profile says I have 226 followers but the info under my name and hubs says only 225... and I am not following myself.

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       paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Actually, that second one takes awhile to catch up. All is ok.
       
       I will unfollow myself in another few minutes. It will be interesting to see what happens, re: my profile score and everything else.

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    make you unfollow one of the followers of yourself and not you the leader...

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    paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

    Here we go. Follower count is 326 before un-follow. Profile is 95.

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    and 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ACTION:...

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    paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

    Unfollowed.
    
    Count dropped by one, not two. Turns out I got another real follower while we were having this adventure. So followers 325, and the one that catches up later is still at 324. All is well.

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    paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

    Forum still at 326.
    
    [edit: Which is also normal. I've seen that delay before.]

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    Four- Outside interference in technical research.  Penalty... declined!

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    I don't know what all that means... but I heard it once on a TV as I was walking by.

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    oh... and there is the culprit... its Daniella.... we forgive her

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    paradigmsearchposted 11 years ago

    And both of these disappeared, not just one or none.
    
    "paradigmsearch is now following you"

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    still no change

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       davenmidtownposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Well.. the two sources that indicate the number of followers you have are identical and your hub-score has increased by one digit.

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          paradigmsearchposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    Calm down they have not added up your delay of game penalty yet

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    davenmidtownposted 11 years ago

    lol

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