{"id":24596,"date":"2026-07-31T12:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=24596"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:15:49","slug":"tired-discourse-followback-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/tired-discourse-followback-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Tired Discourse – Followback Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In January of 2025, the good folks at Defector.com\u00a0published<\/a>\u00a0a list of 35 topics that have been discussed to within an inch of their life here on the internet.\u00a0 Lucky for me, I haven\u2019t publicly commented on most, if not all, of these topics, so I figured why not dip my toes into the fray on occasion.\u00a0 We will continue today with the next question on their list:<\/p>\n

Followback Culture<\/h3>\n

First, let’s define what this is.\u00a0 Google’s AI bullshit says “Follow back culture is the social media practice of returning a follow when someone follows your account, often driven by community expectations, reciprocal growth, and perceived politeness.”\u00a0 At one point in time, I think this was an appropriate expectation, back when social media was populated by actual people.\u00a0 If somebody gave you a follow and there was no overt reason not to follow back, it was certainly the polite thing to do.\u00a0 That said, in today’s world, where 99 out of every 100 posts you see is coming from a Russian bot designed to destabilize the foundations of America’s democracy or trying to push their AI-generated OnlyFans page, that expectation is out the window.\u00a0 Follow me if you like, but I’m not following you back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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