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What would make you unfollow a jelly?

Asked by Jellie (6492points) August 13th, 2011

Have you ever followed and then unfollowed a Jelly? What have they done/said to make you do that?

No names please.

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TexasDude's avatar

I don’t think I’ve ever actually unfollowed anyone.

I’ve seen some of the people I follow say really stupid or horrible things, but I’m too lazy/don’t care enough to actually go and click the unfollow button. It just seems kind of silly and pointless.

Blondesjon's avatar

I have never unfollowed a jelly. I would if I found out they were pro-pedophile rights. Trust me, there have been a few on here.

I have noticed that a few jellies out there have followed me more than once. I’m assuming that means I said something that really stuck in their craw but they eventually got over.

that’s kinda my thing, you know, stickin’ in craws.

TexasDude's avatar

@Blondesjon yeah, I would take the time to unfollow a pro-pedo.

FutureMemory's avatar

I’ve unfollowed people that haven’t logged in for many months. I’ve never removed someone from my Fluther because of something they said.

SpatzieLover's avatar

It would take them having a strong opinion or belief opposite my own. Pro-pedophilia, necrophilia, bestiality, or any type of abuse admission where they made it apparent they were not interested in changing their minds.

I don’t recall ever unfollowing anyone here. I often forget to follow someone until I send them a PM.

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

I think I only done it once, and feel I was wrong in doing that, because I thought they unFluthered me so in knee jerk fashion, I did the same back. I believe at some point, I will add them back again.

I have thought about deFluthering those who seem to be ”one question ponies” and not heard from again, but I never know when they might come back so I leave them intact.

Just because I follow someone DOESN’T MEAN I AGREE WITH THEM. The mere fact they believe something I am not into, don’t like, or do not support, is not a reason for me to deFluther them. Following them is more like watching them, and learning. There is nothing or no belief a person has short of personally attacking me on an ongoing basis that would make me deFluther a person. If I were to dump everyone that didn’t agree with me, or was strongly opposite of my beliefs or who I am, I would have to dump 87.5% of my collective, based off information I know, accuracy notwithstanding. I would be left with only Christians, and then not all of them. I would have maybe 6 to a dozen tops. That would kind of defeat the idea of a collective, if you ask me.

Neizvestnaya's avatar

I don’t think I’ve unfollowed anyone yet. There are jellies I find very caustic but at times they have stuff to share I really appreciate. This is part of fluther’s draw for me. I would unfollow if someone PM’d me asked me to shove off and not share on any of their posts anymore, I’d be ok with that.

ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

I unfollow if someone doesn’t log in for a long time, basically. I have a tendency to add new or newish jellies to my fluther… but sometimes they don’t stick around.

ucme's avatar

Stick it in reverse, walk backwards?

Jeruba's avatar

From time to time I go through my list and remove names of people who have essentially left fluther: they haven’t been around in a year or more and maybe were here only a short time to begin with. Once in a while, though, they are so interesting that I keep them and hope they’ll come back. I started doing that as housekeeping back when we had a limit of, I think, 200 names and I wanted to be able to add new ones.

A few times someone has pissed me off so much, with a wildly rude or intolerant or snarky or stupid post (probably not even addressed to me), that I’ve just gone and deleted them instead of posting a retort.

I add people that I think are interesting and though-provoking or whose opinions and manner I respect, whether I agree with them or not. It’s not about “friending” or “liking” but about recognizing their style and the quality of their thinking.

YARNLADY's avatar

I only did it once, and that jelly is no longer a member. Too confrontational.

cockswain's avatar

I stopped following people a long time ago because it seems pointless.

rooeytoo's avatar

I only ever unfollowed one person. I initially thought this person to be intelligent and fair minded. Turned out instead to be a sexist egomaniac, heheheh. Good riddance.

Berserker's avatar

If someone doesn’t agree with me or give me attention, I unfollow them. I mean, I don’t have time to waste with people who don’t recognize how supreme I am.

Joking. :p

I usually unfollow people who haven’t been around forever. I’m not actually sure why I do this…it’s not anything bad, but if they don’t participate anymore, what’s the point of me following them? Then again, I have some users in my list that haven’t been around for ages…but that I’m hoping they’ll come back lol…if I unfollow someone, it’s nothing dramatic, unless it’s an extreme situation, like a certain former user on here who wanted to fuck his niece in the ass.

Hibernate's avatar

If I decide to follow someone I won’t unfollow. Even if he/she turns out to be out of the ordinary or a crime lord it doesn’t really matter.

_zen_'s avatar

I occasionally unfollow idiots.

Bellatrix's avatar

I have never unfollowed anyone. Then again, I forget to follow people too. I honestly think someone would have to do something pretty drastic for me to feel I have to unfollow them. No disrespect to anyone who does that for reasons other than the person isn’t around anymore, but it seems petty. Being followed, following… it just doesn’t mean enough to me to use it as a punishment for not agreeing with me or otherwise.

rooeytoo's avatar

hmmmmm, I notice @zen no longer follows me, do you reckon that means he thinks I am an…............... no, it couldn’t be!

Bellatrix's avatar

More likely he changed names in between times and forgot to add you @rooeytoo! :D He is a compulsive name changer as you know :-)

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

@rooeytoo Crykie! I did not realize I was not following you….....guessed that is rectified now.

Bellatrix's avatar

@hypo… its Crikey… tuts… (I gave him a spelling lesson the other day @rooeytoo).

rooeytoo's avatar

I wanted to respond with just a smiley face but it wouldn’t do it so I am adding this note!

:-)

ucme's avatar

Awww, no “lurve” for my flippant answer, therefore I shall amend it.
I’d never consider “unfollowing” anyone because it seems a little petty/trite, but that’s just me.

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

@Bellatrix I gave him a spelling lesson the other day @rooeytoo What did I say? I flunked Aussie 101 and it is late night, and I am zombie Fluthering….. So to my “crykie”, D’oh! :-P

_zen_'s avatar

I can’t be bothered with following anymore – I usually follow someone when it appears on my screen that I was followed by… then I click on his name and follow back. But obviously the followers have dwindled over the years – as who can keep up with all my changes. I am not even sure I’m the original zen.

Oh, and I forgot the tilde ~ – obviously, like lurve, awards and all the other crap – following is silly. I get so much unwanted stuff in my inbox that I no longer believe it works – so to “follow” somone in order to get his questions is useless.

Your_Majesty's avatar

Honestly, I never touch the ‘unfollow’ button even when I was dying to earn popularity here, nowadays I don’t care at all about all these ‘follow a jelly’ things anymore. I will pick the ‘follow’ button just as a gratitude if they help me more than they should be, or if they make me feel happy.

Ups…! it’s not my habit to answer yesterday question but since I’ve done it I’ll let it be.

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