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by liotier 4589 days ago
Who you follow is a reading list for people who share your interests. Polluting it with people whom you follow just as a hat tip is rude. Also, following uninteresting people makes your stream unusable. In my book, keeping a high signal to noise ratio is the epitome of politeness. I guess that we don't use Twitter for the same reasons...