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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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
@farah @TheBreadmonkey
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.
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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.
@TheBreadmonkey Support TransBENder People?