Fair warning: if you keep replying with slop to accounts that don’t follow or engage with you, you’ll end up labeled as spam.

Be thoughtful. The GPT-assisted attempts are obvious.

OK to have a few replies that don’t get any engagement. But if you reply to pretty much every cast and nothing, the problem is most likely you.

No one is entitled to another person’s attention.

PSA: Don't reply with boring, repetitious slop. The occasional drip of moxie isn't worth the spam flag. That /will/ sting.

Dan says: Be thoughtful.
I say: make frens. Same.

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Yup - a good reminder to be thoughtful of what you do. No point being everywhere all at once without any point. Also gives car salesmen vibes even if you are not flagged as a spam straight away.

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Well said. 100%.

I understand many aspects of this but sooner or later it will be the end of your interaction. There is no fucking way people will look past all those questions and be like, he/she feels very genuine. But yeah, I don't blame people for taking that route either.

It's why I prefer "make frens" over "be engaging."

It's a relationship built over time.

I might like your reply.
I might even comment.

But follows are /different/ -- that's a commitment on my part and, especially with these money systems, has non-trivial impact. I do /not/ want to follow bots, even by accident. So I look for /history/ and grit and... je nais se quois...

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