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What's with mastodon and the other microblogging software having public "following" pages (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 week ago by 3dogsinatrenchcoat@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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What's the point? Is it just to be like twitter? Why did twitter have that anyway. And if I hide mine I still show up in other people's public follower pages? That's dumb

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[โ€“] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because the idea is to be one giant town hall/message board and to grow a social network based on who you follow.

If you don't want people to see what porn stars you follow? Make a second account to get horny on.

[โ€“] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 0 points 1 week ago

I find it completely discouraging for any sort of content.