Periodic PSA for the inattentive folks in the back:
I vet everyone who follows me. If I don't like what I see when I look at your profile, I don't accept the request.
Things I don't like:
* No profile.
* Short history in the fediverse.
* No posts of your own.
* Looking like you're trying to extract something from me.
Specifically, when an account that is evidently linked to a business, I wonder what their deal is.
Are they following people as some sort of marketing tactic?
I don't like being used this way.
So I reject the request.
If they come again with another request, guess what? They get blocked.
Let me put it simply: abusing follow requests is not a costless proposition.
I've just blocked a company for this. I *might* have been interested in their products, but now I won't have the opportunity to show interests, because they are blocked.
I'll just buy my shit somewhere else.
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