@Graycot
>>People IRL who mention their social media follower count are weird.
<< Narcissistic

>>Do people actually feel some sense of power and prestige for having lots of followers online? That's such a strange psyche.
<<It's superficial social validation

>>Why? Why base part of your identity on a number that has been gamified?
<< For the same reason people like bragging about money and other materialistic things

>>I don't like people who broadcast their words to an "audience", that feels impersonal and manipulative. The net needs more genuine conversations, and less artificial self-promotion branding.
<< I can appreciate that.