I hate going to bed on a Sunday night with the doom of Monday only hours away, when my alarm goes off at 8am on Monday I would literally rather sink into the ground than get up. So, what better day to post 'Moany Mondays' than on a day everyone seems to be moaning about everything from the stench of their boyfriends breath to the heel of their shoe breaking on the way to work. This week I am moaning about 'Hungry Followers' who are out to get as many followers as possible...
Right, for the past week or so this 'following' lark has really opened my eyes to what I see as a huge flaw in the wonderful blogging community. Now, I am sure pretty much everyone has experienced this step by step format I have gone through about 20 times this week:
1. I Open Bloglovin' or Twitter and see I have a new follower
2. A cheesy smile spreads upon my face because I have a new follower (surely I'm not the only one who does that?)
3. I then check out their Bloglovin' and IF I like their Blog (and it's something I will read) I hit that follow back button
4. If it's Twitter, I generally follow back if they are Beauty or Fashion related or just look like a nice person
5. So, they were nice enough to spend time checking me out, I was polite enough to do the same and followed them IF I was interested and then the next thing I realize THEY HAVE UNFOLLOWED ME
6. I then click the 'Unfollow' button as fast as I can with an angry face
The last step does sound childish but I just can't follow someone who is hungry for followers. To me that is just not how it works, it's rude and very disheartening to someone who has put a lot of work into their blog. I am not going to lie and say followers don't mean anything to me because they do, it's fab knowing people want to read what I write, but on the other hand I am not hungry for them. I only want people to follow me if they are generally interested in what I write, whereas 'Hungry Followers' just want a hugely unbalanced followers and following count which isn't something to boast about. Once I realize someone is a 'Hungry Follower' I unfollow right away, as I am sure most people do, so where does that get the 'Hungry Follower'? I tell you where, right back to their original follower count and plastered with a bad name.
Now, if you haven't experienced those 6 steps, not even once, please tell me what you are doing because I need to know!
If, like me, you are experiencing this on a regular basis or just have any thoughts or views on this Monday moan of mine please share your comments down below!
