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posted on 2025-04-17, 08:02 authored by Matthew PartridgeMatthew Partridge

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.

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2015-05-20

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A stick figure begs another to follow them, alongside a chart showing 3k followers, 3k following, and 300 tweets.

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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

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