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by readitalready 58 days ago
Because you don't want to see posts from stale connections.
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cortesoft 58 days ago
I assume you would just unfollow them if you want to stop seeing their posts? It sounded more like the person I was talking to was more concerned with follower counts being accurate, which doesn’t seem relevant for feed algorithms.
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readitalready 58 days ago
No, I definitely wouldn't waste the 5 seconds it takes to unfollow someone. I'd rather spend that 5 seconds on the next interesting item instead.
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