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cortesoft
2mo ago
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I am confused... what is harmed by having stale connections? Why would connections be used as an editorial filter?
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readitalready
2mo ago
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Because you don't want to see posts from stale connections.
cortesoft
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2mo ago
I assume you would just unfollow them if you want to stop seeing their posts? It sounded more like the person I was talking to was more concerned with follower counts being accurate, which doesn’t seem relevant for feed algorithms.
readitalready
2mo ago
No, I definitely wouldn't waste the 5 seconds it takes to unfollow someone. I'd rather spend that 5 seconds on the next interesting item instead.
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