Yes, I just unfollowed you

I've been cleaning up my feed in the past few weeks. Not because of anything crazy, but it's simply that I've come to realize that when I first started on this platform I was just following everybody without giving it too much thought. Granted, some of the first accounts I followed on Steemit, like @tarazkp have remained as part of my regular content consumption, but most, have either stopped posting, or became something else entirely.

At some point in time I remember following close to a thousand people. This number to me at this moment sounds crazy high, simply because there is possibly no way I could ever read that many posts. Yes, I read a lot, I post a lot, but read ten times more. How else would I have things to talk about? think about it.

I felt compelled to write this explanation post just because I'm sure someone might be getting a gina notification wondering what just happened. I assure you that there is no ill intent behind the action, I'm simply attempting to be a little more honest with myself.

• If someone is just resteeming, then Why am I following?
• If someone just became a report bot, then Why do I need to see it daily?
• If someone hasn't posted in 3 months, then Why would I follow still?

Now, I'm not saying I've not made any mistakes. There is a good chance that I unfollowed someone that I will end up following again, since its 1am at the moment and I'm being aided by some red wine. However, this little post, and all the caveats and couches, or better said the couched caveats I'm conveying are basically here to say - "If I unfollowed you, say hi.. maybe I messed up"

I'm starting to think that since I'm here to create an effective network and to learn, my efforts should be focused with those who share that particular little mission. In other words, even if someone is the nicest person in the world, but has decided to commit to selfies without a hint of interaction or effort, then I'm probably not too interested anymore.

As I'm writing this weird apologetic ramble, I'm remembering the myspace days. At some point in time I had thousands of accounts following the band, over 10k if I'm not mistaking. Needless to say, not one of them ever interacted with us. So, I'm trying not to make that mistake, making the numbers look good.

I'll pour myself another cup and surrender to morpheus and mr. pillow... but as I said, if you believed I failed a little bit with an unfollow, call me out.

Much love