How many followers do you have? or Am I more popular than you?
Many networks, including Tumblr, have a notion of people you follow and those who follow you. Tumblr keeps this data private thank god but other services proudly display the numbers for all to see.
Humans are desperate to quantify their existence. In today’s world, the number of followers or friends you have on a social network is becoming a standard among the self-obsessed. Its fucking sad.
People are fixated on this statistically insignificant number. Some try to make sense of the ratio of the people you follow to the people that follow you. The assumption here is that you a infinitely more cool if you follow less people than those that follow you. The logic goes like this: you’re so fucking busy being awesome that if you were to even attempt to follow the number of people that follow you a personal assistant would be required.
Also, if you someone unfollows you you shouldn’t feel sad. If you do: the machines have won.