I’m Suspicious of Certain Writers
Ten possible reasons why someone with thousands of followers on Medium follows no one else
I once followed a copywriter on Twitter because I liked his articles (obviously) and he tweeted out links whenever he published them. I noticed that he had a ridiculously large following compared to the number of people he followed. One day, I shared one of his articles in my tweet, and mentioned his name. Nice, social thing to do on a social site, right?
Did he DM me? Respond? Say thanks? Mention me? Nope. I didn’t expect him to... But I also didn’t expect him to retweet my tweet and add the Twitter handle of one of his few Tweeps and comment — to him — about my tweet. Like it was some kind of personal joke or convo between them.
I felt used.
There are egos on Medium, too
Occasionally, I read something excellent on Medium and go to the profile page of the author to follow him or her. The lack of interaction from certain writers on Medium makes me wonder why they’re here at all. Sometimes it makes me worry about them a little.
I realize many good and popular writers have more followers than people they follow. If you’re a regular producer of content here, or on any social site, you know that…
