reflecting on the fact that although it wasn’t intentional, my moving from twitter to bluesky fit perfectly with my subconscious understanding of the fact that at a certain point you reach a number of followers on a platform that makes your enjoyment of it decline significantly
Feb 4, 2026 23:15that number being around 2k+ from my personal experience: this is about the point where you go from being an account that has enough followers where the majority of your posts get interacted with consistently (good!) to “uh oh, do i have ‘big name account’ status now?”
once you reach “big name account” status there are certainly perks that come with it, but there are many more difficulties that require you to start doing more: muting threads, blocking trolls, worrying about a post going viral and inevitably getting a storm of “SO YOU HATE WAFFLES!?” reactions
what i’m trying to say is: best practices with social media based on my personal experience when it comes to enjoyment* is get ready to abandon ship somewhere within the 2-3k follower range
i honestly got lucky when it came to twitter: i hung on so long with tumblr i had to learn to wean myself off by hand, and it’s why i continue to stay at a distance to this day, at least subconsciously (consciously i just forget to go on 😅)
*note this is purely advice if your goal with social media is simply to ENJOY yourself: if your goal is fame and/or fortune then obviously the more followers the better (which might be enjoyable to you! but it’s also gonna come with a lot of pain and suffering)
personally i don’t feel i need the fame or fortune (which is a privilege to be able to say! - a lot of people need social media to make a living, etc) but i do admit i like the idea of having influence, something that can still draw me into the cult of wanting to gain followers if i’m not careful
