social network growth, meta but academic 

i feel like i explore social networks differently from a lot of people and it makes me wonder

i make new contacts by meeting friends of friends, or seeing stuff boosted by someone i'm friends with and connecting with the op
i never look at the local or federated timelines, i think i can count on one hand the times i've ever looked at either, and i feel no desire to

i fill in edges in my social network, completing triangles basically

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re: social network growth, meta but academic 

@Eon we still haven't really internalized that this isn't how most people do this stuff

it just feels like the right way to do it, you know?
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re: social network growth, meta but academic 

@Felthry @Eon Yeah, this is the only way I really understand of letting my social network grow, which might be why if I don't become mutuals with someone within about four months of my joining a new site odds are I never will.

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