one of my goals this year is to earn vitalik’s follow.

getting the right follows is a better indicator of making a real impact than get achieving a number of followers.

Sheer numbers game is unappealing and vapid, especially with the known prevalence of bots.

Agree.

I don't seek approval but if someone I respect finds what I create, write, cast worthy of their attention, it's definitely a plus.

Very few people fit this criteria for me though, Vitalik is one of them.

pmarca followed me on X for a bit but I'm not very active there anymore, he unfollowed. He'll follow again

I've noticed that on Twitter for sure where I have a decent XRPL following but tons of bots