Mx Amber Alex (she/it)@amberage@eldritch.cafe
【Pinned tweet time! Let's talk follow requests (again again)】
I keep my account locked, meaning I have to approve each new follower. I'm fairly picky about that and I try to curate my followership as much as is possible on here.What makes your follow request more likely to be accepted:
friend of friends (shoot me a DM if we know each other off-site)
queer, neurodivergent, disabled — in other words, like me
visible, outspoken allyship (pronouns in bio is a good start but not enough)
coming from a well-moderated instanceWhat makes your follow request less likely to be accepted:
little or no CWs or alt text
coming from an undermoderated instance (incl. ones with few / no explicit protections for marginalised people: just "don't say anything illegal" isn't enough)
not reading these pinned posts
huge account / influencer / public figureWhat will get your follow request rejected immediately:
empty profile
bot
we have never interacted
coming from an unmoderated instance / right-wing instance / instance that federates with right-wing instances
If I just accepted your follow request: welcome! If I didn't: don't take it personal.
(P.S: "Undermoderated instance" includes the flagships (.social and .online)【Next: A Word About Boosts】
I noticed a lot of people put something like this on their profile and some/many people ask if boosting something is okay, so here's how I handle it for my own posts.
If a post is public (little globe icon), it's okay to boost, and in fact I'm probably encouraging you to boost it. Public posts are ones I want to be seen.
If a post is unlisted (open lock icon), it's probably okay to boost it or at least not a problem if you do, but use your best judgement (for instance, if it's part of a semi-public convo, may expose someone's personal post to a larger audience than intended, doesn't make sense out of context, then maybe don't).
And if it's followers-only then you literally can't boost it so… duh🤷♀️