Two Brutally Honest Reasons Why I Will Not Follow You Back

“That’s the beauty of creating content: you receive the golden opportunity to unravel layers of fear and fall in love with your true self, all while getting paid.

Win-win.”

This has been on my mind for quite some time, and I think it’s about time I say something. No, I am not here to provide my vulgar contrarian opinions this time around. We’ll save that for another day.

While I enjoy receiving the daily notifications that tell me I earned new followers, I must admit there is a sinking feeling in my stomach whenever I click on the profiles belonging to them, only to realize I will not follow them back.

Just to provide some context, I completely disregard any profiles with no photo. I understand that the people behind image-less profiles are either readers, spam accounts, or lurkers. I am always curious about the profiles with photos, however.

With that being said, here are two simple yet blunt reasons why I may refuse to follow you back.

You are not writing anything I am interested in reading.

You signed up on this platform with your name. Really let that sink in for a moment.

You did not sign up as Housekeeping Tips, Nutrition Weekly, Data World, or some other vague…