This cartoon humorously illustrates a common type of social media user, the "Followback" member, who prioritizes mutual follows over meaningful engagement. It visually represents their behavior using a speech interaction and a simple data visualization showing their high follower and following count but relatively low tweet activity.
History
Creation date
2015-05-20
AltText
A stick figure begs another to follow them, alongside a chart showing 3k followers, 3k following, and 300 tweets.
Transcript
Types of Twitter people: #Followback member
Person 1: Please be my friend – I’ll tell everyone you’re my friend too!
Followers 3k
Following 3k
Tweets 300