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Do Followers Matter?

January 28, 2018

When I started this account, I made one small decision šŸ‘†šŸ½ It has saved my mental health especially now that this is part of my job. Here’s a fact: it doesn’t even determine your popularity. Just take a look at the biggest youtubers… 90% of them are white, thin, able-bodied and well frankly, I already don’t look the part. In daily life, I’m not a person who gets on with everyone. One of the first words you would describe me as wouldn’t be ā€œlikeableā€. Strong, opinionated, feisty… sure. Likeable? Not so much. So why would it be any different on social media.

Anyway so I was having a down day the other night when someone DM’d me to say they were my 3000th subscriber on my YouTube and I went in my stories and said how it made me smile.

The next morning I wake up to a DM from someone who kindly sent me a message to notify me that they were unfollowing cause all I care about is numbers. Um… you clearly don’t follow this account very closely because I am firm believer that if you followed this account for more than a week, you will know that I am here for so much more.

Anyway my response to this lovely lady is in my new vlog šŸ’•