After going through several platforms and making it through a few cycles, what I care about now is whether this expression makes people stop and actually want to chat with me a few times—starting with a piece of content, and gradually getting to know each other.
Of course follower count matters, but it isn’t the weight of an opinion.
Even an account with no verification and very few followers—if its judgment is independent enough to make me rethink something, I’m still willing to follow it. To cater to changes in the recommendation system, the final data may look better, but what I write ends up feeling farther and farther from myself.