Yeah it’s probably not something that can reasonably be achieved.  Think what I’d love to see is people who historically have avoided following others because of social status on Twitter take a different approach here.

Maybe following counts could be made private? Or could be represented in a way that’s more qualitative than quantitative, like: folks can chose which accounts they “visibly” follow, or showcase the ones they consider their favorites, or organize the accounts into groups and not all groups are publicly visible.

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