If you follow me, and I have no clue who you are and you have zero public posts, you better have a well written profile or I will block you.
Are you friend or foe?
As a blank account, I can't tell. More than that, I don't have enough information to even care.
It's like a paper lunch bag of something mysterious on the sidewalk. Do I look inside it or do I just throw it away?
@yam655 Why do you care if all they do is follow? Just curious.
I'm not looking to collect followers. I like engagement. I like friends. I like interesting people.
If a blank profile is consistent, they're just an follower number. They might be worse. It's unlikely they'll be better.
Exactly. 💚
I'm happy to have folks disagree with me. I love interesting conversations. I'm blind to all kinds of stuff, and I like learning more.
@yam655 hey! This is Beto from FAWM/50-90. I just set up my own Mastodon instance.
Nice! I hope that works out for you. How was it to set up?
I'd consider having clear server policies, just so other server admins know where you stand. ("If this weren't just a server for me, I'd have these server policies..." or something.)
@yam655 super easy, I've installed it before. I used a Raspberry Pi that I have running at home.
Great idea on the policies, I'll do that!
@yam655
Or just walk on by and not care and not touch stuff on the road? I don’t really care about bots and such that follow me. People follow what they want to read, just like people subscribe to RSS. That’s why I post stuff in the first place (even though I mostly post gross art and bad game house rules).
I have blocked people, but not for being blank.