Totally okay for you to not follow them back. I personally treat it like Twitter, too.
Protip: the home page feed is based on who you follow and what tags you follow, so following people does actually have an effect on that.
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Totally okay for you to not follow them back. I personally treat it like Twitter, too.
Protip: the home page feed is based on who you follow and what tags you follow, so following people does actually have an effect on that.