I pretty much never look at my follower count anymore, but I did for the first time in a while yesterday. Then again this morning after changing my name and avatar. Bunch of unfollows. WHO IS UNFOLLOWING FOR TRANS RIGHTS ON FEDI????? I assume everyone is on board for trans rights down here. Or is it because my name isn't whimsical enough. TrBens RightBens? This doesn't work at all.
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@TheBreadmonkey It had the opposite effect for me. <3
@TheBreadmonkey That is startling. Let's hope it's something else, but I am equally disturbed. Maybe they were all bots? I don't go through and kick out questionable follows, so I probably have some like that.
@TheBreadmonkey it’s amazing that people will unfollow because of an identity.
As I’ve seen in other comments, those people are not worth having as followers.
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We have a term for that: "The trash taking itself out".
@TheBreadmonkey it's a great way to filter out bad people! 🤩
@TheBreadmonkey there's a whole lot of joyless harassing reply guy assholes on Mastodon lately, always makes me wonder if there's been an influx from the Nazi bar... your unconditional support for all people is a beautiful thing
@TheBreadmonkey assume some people are jerks & you’re better off without them. Quality over quantity, Sir Benzalot!
I didn't intend for this to be a thing. I just like to say trans rights ocassionally for a lil bit of visibility / support. But it's nice that people are engaging with it. Power to you, frens. 😊 
@TheBreadmonkey Thanks, really needed to see this today <3
Weird or what. I see so much of you in my timeline, I thought I was following you already. I am now.
@TheBreadmonkey trans rights said right said Ben
@TheBreadmonkey Ben, i wish I could follow you again for supporting trans rights.
@TheBreadmonkey Support TransBENder People?
I cannot believe I didn't see that
@TheBreadmonkey @afewbugs Another option: get Bent! ;)
@TheBreadmonkey I’m not as popular as you, but I feel like experimenting with this to see how much difference does it make
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Gained a follower purely on that!
Ben is worth following for many reasons, that one included, obvs.
That aside, my timeline would be a far duller place without Ben.
@essjayjay @saxifraga @farah @TheBreadmonkey the Fediverse would be 38.75% less surreal without Ben's contributions
You take that back. It's not about popularity. It is simply volume and volume (I post a lot, loudly). You are terrific and I think you are the bees pyjamas. 😊❤️
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It could have been the whole Starship theme from Mannequin thing.
@TheBreadmonkey Maybe they were big car fans, and misread your handle as Trains Rights.
@TheBreadmonkey Lets hope it was just your server admins cleaning up the database and purging data for some long gone instances.
My follower numbers are going down for over a year, because it takes that long to manually clean up.
Loving your name btw
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Clearly Twatters (Formerly Twatters) who 1) got lost or 2) are trying & failing to ruin the fun.
Meanwhile, tempted to unfollow, just to be able to Follow all over again 
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one imagines a cartoon villain, openly psychotic, finding your account, seeing the emotionally intelligent posts written with wit, dignity, inclusion, and care for others. frothing at the mouth they click [Follow] howling "AT LAST! A BIGOT AS FOUL AS ME! TOGETHER WE WILL DEFEAT THOSE MEDDLESOME ENBIES!!!"
their sense of grief today is crushing. as they see your name transformed for Trans Rights our villain falls into depression.
[sob]
"he was my only friend"
[Unfollow]
@TheBreadmonkey you're better off without those sorts of followers.
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I just followed you because of the Trans rights name, so 🤷