Whoever came up with this word? What are followers on IG? And what does it really mean?
At first, when I joined Instagram, I seriously had no clue what followers meant and who are these people following me? And why would they? I mean think about it and how ridiculous that sounds. Am I Jesus? Ha! What a thought! Jesus and his followers.
And yet, I found myself following other people. Initially, it was a fun game. Just to see what people are doing or saying or pretending. People that I probably would never meet in my lifetime and neither would they.
To be honest though, my relationship with IG will always be a funny one. Followers or Following. It’s a 95% fake world of commenting to get likes and grow “your followers”.
A behind-a-screen followers. A behind-a-screen commentators. A behind-a-screen lurkers. A behind-a-screen genuine people.
Not to say I haven’t met and learnt from new followers, I did and I do and grateful for these specific “followers”, you know who you are.
Thank you for your honesty and genuine likes and comments.
The rest, well…no comment needed.
He follows me. He follows me not.