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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/28/22 3:04 p.m.

And how come I was never this popular in high school? 

barefootcyborg5000
barefootcyborg5000 PowerDork
11/28/22 3:15 p.m.

False. I'm your newest follower. 
And I'll keep my motives to myself, thank you. 

Captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
Captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/28/22 3:26 p.m.

Not one of your latest followers, but an ex of mine who is near that mark follows you and isn't shy to point out that you're one of her favorite follows. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/28/22 3:30 p.m.

In reply to Captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :

Awww, shucks. 

Duke
Duke MegaDork
11/28/22 3:52 p.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

I'd go with Bachelorette #2.

 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/28/22 4:10 p.m.

And one of my favorite followers. :) 

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
11/28/22 5:02 p.m.

When I first joined Instagram, I kept getting hacked by Russian bots posing as models. I swear that I never interacted with them. For some reason, I attracted those types. It must be the fast cars. Once I changed my email password (yes, you read that right - my email password), it stopped. Be wary of those types!

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
11/28/22 5:26 p.m.
Duke said:

In reply to David S. Wallens :

I'd go with Bachelorette #2.

 

Evan?

nocones
nocones GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
11/28/22 5:52 p.m.

I imagine a world where the spam bots follow each other in a large cirlce and have long AI conversations with each other trying to scam the other bot out of clout.  

At least I wish that is what happens.  Thankfully I somehow have avoided getting the 20 comments of "Send your pic to Motor_wrld_drft_planet" content farm accounts looking to repost my stuff for their financial gain.  

Wait does that mean my stuff isn't interesting?  One of my Reels somehow has 215k views..  that's a non-zero number.  

gearheadmb
gearheadmb UltraDork
11/28/22 7:33 p.m.

Hot cougars in your neighborhood looking for action

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
11/28/22 7:52 p.m.

In reply to nocones :

I had a good laugh when you shared that you were learning "new ways of saying something is awesome". Also following for more cool stuff. Don't let me down. 

Whats this Instagram you speak of?   LOL

adam525i
adam525i GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/28/22 8:17 p.m.
nocones said:

I imagine a world where the spam bots follow each other in a large cirlce and have long AI conversations with each other trying to scam the other bot out of clout.  

Apparently this happens on dating sites, two scammers trying to convince each other to send them amazon gift cards lol.

EvanB
EvanB GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/28/22 9:06 p.m.
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:
Duke said:

In reply to David S. Wallens :

I'd go with Bachelorette #2.

 

Evan?

Hello?

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
11/29/22 11:42 a.m.

In reply to EvanB :

Bachelorette #2's name is listed as "Evan Hudson".

If that is you I'm even more interested now!

slefain
slefain UltimaDork
11/29/22 11:45 a.m.

Send them unsolicited duck pics from JG.

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter) UberDork
11/29/22 11:47 a.m.
slefain said:

Send them unsolicited duck pics from JG.

I normally send them worm pics. 

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
11/29/22 11:53 a.m.

So let me get this straight:  There's an internet "app" called "Instagram" that allows a variety of nutballs and "bots" to stalk the objects of their affection in cyberspace?  I feel both out of touch and grateful that I have zero experience with such an "app."

Carry on, then.

EvanB
EvanB GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/29/22 11:59 a.m.
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to EvanB :

Bachelorette #2's name is listed as "Evan Hudson".

If that is you I'm even more interested now!

Sadly I am not a billionaire from a wealthy family. 

Duke
Duke MegaDork
11/29/22 12:01 p.m.
Robbie (Forum Supporter) said:
Duke said:

In reply to David S. Wallens :

I'd go with Bachelorette #2.

Evan?

Heh, I missed that.  But I try not to judge.

 

codrus (Forum Supporter)
codrus (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
3/6/23 11:59 p.m.
1988RedT2 said:

So let me get this straight:  There's an internet "app" called "Instagram" that allows a variety of nutballs and "bots" to stalk the objects of their affection in cyberspace?  I feel both out of touch and grateful that I have zero experience with such an "app."

Um, it's not really any different than posting here on the GRM forums, you know.  Instagram's model is that you can post stuff to your public feed, and people who are interested in what you have to post can choose to "follow" you and see it.  Just like here on the forums, if you don't want the world to know about it then you don't post it.

Stalking someone on instagram is a bit like stalking David Wallens by reading his column in GRM every month.

 

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
3/7/23 10:16 a.m.

Send unsolicited Dick pics. 

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/7/23 10:19 a.m.
barefootcyborg5000 said:

False. I'm your newest follower. 
And I'll keep my motives to myself, thank you. 

Like it owes you money

Tony Sestito
Tony Sestito UltimaDork
3/7/23 10:22 a.m.

I got so fed up with the scammers that I changed my account to Private. Not great when you're trying to build a following, but it's a lot less annoying (for now). 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
3/7/23 10:32 a.m.

If you want the full experience, you can follow my other Instagram account, too. :) 

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