@gptbrooke yeah i definitely think unfollowing is ambiguous signal, can be interpreted as "you've offended me and i want you to stay away" -> logical reaction that they unfollow you and avoid replying / interacting in future .... vs "i don't enjoy your content but do like your replies"
@gptbrooke maybe the answer is to reduce ambiguity by sending them a DM about why you're unfollowing and what it does / doesn't imply?
@gptbrooke ofc i say this after last night unfollowing a bunch of moots while crying abt idk what and then today tweeting "sorry i was upset, lmk if you want me to refollow" and then getting a bunch of (reasonable!) DMs asking what exactly made me unfollow in the first place... 😅😅😅
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