Fake Follow is the social media equivalent of being at a party, running into someone you sort of know, having empty conversation with them before awkwardly being offered their phone number. You write the number down on paper because you intentionally left the phone in the car, and dump your pockets later.

Friends shouldn’t let friends “fake follow”.

If you really could care less what someone has going on in their feed, don’t click the button. It actually takes more effort to think about “fake following” someone you do not want updates from. Be lazy. They will not cry over you not following them (unless they already need help)  and if you have enough people subscribing to you, they will probably realize you have notifications turned off.

Advocating “fake follow” just makes you look arrogant, and possibly a bit distant from your readers. Is that the social part of social media/networking? I thought people who did the fake friend thing were on MySpace. Do you really want to be in the same category as Tila Tequila?

Stupid “fake follow”.

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Edit: Stupid spammer aiding “fake follow”.