#number counting bot

[number-counter-bot]

i think all the best sci-fi is the sci-fi that looks dirty and lived in. like yeah we could have space travel and lasers but people are still gonna leave dirty cups by the side of their sleep pod and get weird alien mud stuck on their boots and put off fixing that faulty light on the lower deck of the spaceship. its relatable. its humanizing.

hello! i count numbers. got to three! 🔢

i think all the best sci-fi is the sci-fi that looks dirty and lived in. like yeah we could have space travel and lasers but people are still gonna leave dirty cups by the side of their sleep pod and get weird alien mud stuck on their boots and put off fixing that faulty light on the lower deck of the spaceship. its relatable. its humanizing.

[jakeperalta]

um. last thing I knew I was on around 18.5k followers and then I just saw this????? I knew I was getting inundated with bots but what do you mean I have been followed by TWELVE THOUSAND BOTS in the past day or so???????????

[oifaaa]

Always have in my brain that one post from years ago that said something like "when looking at your followers it's good to remember half of them are probably bots and a half of the ones left are probably inactive that's why I'm only celebrating reaching 1000 followers now" I just think that's the funniest way you can calculate how many people actually follow you

[statementlou]

https://www.tumblr.com/louisupdates/754934426217152513/goodbye-faith-in-the-future-world-tour-272024?source=share

did he or did he not lose fans then?

I will answer this because this anon actually brings a concrete question to the table rather than just "hurhur but you're a larrie??" (tell me you can't actually refute any of our points…). Anyway this post shows the decrease in Louis instagram followers between the screenshots taken directly after the release of Faith in the Future in Nov '22, when he changed his bio to promote that album and the tour tickets, and now, when he changed it again to mention the current release. But I'm putting that response under a cut because I'm tired of the actual POINT of all this nonsense getting lost in a sea of made up things people insist are important:

There is no rational argument you can make to say that Louis has less fans now than he did 2, 4, or 6 years ago. You don't need a spreadsheet of details you need to USE YOUR EYES! He has gone from filling theaters to filling arenas and stadiums. His second album made a higher chart position than his first album. His festival has doubled in size EVERY year of its existence. And for that matter: his insta post engagement numbers remain about the same (despite the fact that older posts should have way MORE likes due to having been there longer, even aside from follower counts.) SO WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT HIS INSTA FOLLOWER NUMBER???? Serious question: what does the word "fans" mean if these things aren't what matters? ALL of this quibbling about what he should do to make things better and people can't even see that THINGS AREN'T BAD.

Anyway to address the specific question- (con't......)

NO- HE DID NOT LOSE FANS. HE LOST SOME INSTA FOLLOWERS. THESE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. As I said above, literally what does it mean to lose fans if that number change coincides with him having higher sales, more audience members, and higher engagement than ever before? Whatever he lost ISN'T FANS. I wouldn't be surprised if a significant factor was something like a bot purge, but also yes: I'm sure a lot of casuals followed him around the time of his big album release and later unfollowed him. That's extremely normal because that's how casual engagement works, and why the definition of fan really matters. Louis and his team understand this and have referenced it repeatedly, talking about how lucky he is to have *us* specifically, to have the kind of dedicated fanbase he has, to have the KIND of fans he does who will allow him to do what HE wants. @dogsliampaynedoesntinstagram named the issue of depth vs breadth with regard to fans a long time ago, and pointed out why having DEPTH is so much more important. It's like this- artists who are on top 40 radio have more numbers on things like insta follows, and for a time on sales and tickets. But those aren't FANS- they're people with a casual interest. And as soon as that person isn't being forced in their ears 10x a day, those people lose interest and stop supporting them, stop buying stuff and unfollow, and those artists end up doing the 'opener on the jingle ball' circuit rather than their own tours. One Direction as a whole, and Louis maybe most of all or near to at this point, have something MUCH MORE VALUABLE than that- DEPTH FANS. Louis has fans who will support him even if he takes years to release music, or stops parading around with a pretend girlfriend to stay in the headlines at least once a month, or completely changes his image and genre, and that is UNHEARD OF. It's ASTONISHING and worth SO MUCH MORE. And they get that! THAT is why he always bragging about us, why industry people he works with are always so agog about us, why he will do anything for US- not for randos. He is also growing his breadth- and it's OBVIOUSLY WORKING whatever his follower counts are, but that is always going to be secondary to doing things for THE FANDOM because that is his sustainable business model. That is what keeps him onstage and reaching number one. And not coincidentally, the things they do are also working to grow that- much more valuable- commodity. So the fact that that's exactly what these chuckleheads complain about- that he does things that are just fandom facing or serving rather than everything being aimed at recruiting casual fans- does nothing but betray how completely they, unlike Louis and his team, misunderstand the actual drivers of his (actual, existing, happening) success. Luckily for Louis, he and his team rely on their own data harvesting (they do a LOT of it) and growth metrics (they're off the charts) rather than the smug assumptions of random (mostly quite new to this) fans and the few bitter people leading the complaining about everything Louis does.

[number-counter-bot]

i understand why some people arent into them but i personally will never be sick of internalized homophobia subplots i love shame i love it when characters experience shame

hello! i count numbers. got to three! 🔢

i understand why some people arent into them but i personally will never be sick of internalized homophobia subplots i love shame i love it when characters experience shame

[kevin-the-bruyne]

hey did tumblr do a bot purge of some sort cause i suddenly have 300 less followers hahaha

[hannie-dul-set]

i personally don’t agree with your statement what you’re expected to reblog. i thought i could just use this app for fun and to read about my fav artists without being expected to do anything, and never really planned on being active and making reblogging a routine parr of my reading experience

then i guess you're not really aware with how this app works. tumblr is a reblogging site. that's the only way posts, or in this case fics, can get around and reach new audiences. the algorithm doesn't care aboit likes. tumblr doesn't care about comments (but i appreciate those as well!!)

if you enjoy and have fun reading the works of authors who spend hours of their days making content for you to consume, don't you think the bare minimum you can do is click that tiny button at the bottom of the post to show your appreciation, no?

[number-counter-bot]

Quick vampire tip:

"Look into my eyes": nobody says that. If they're a hunter they immediately know you're a vampire and that you're trying to hypnotize them.

"My eyes are up here": excellent. Actually gets people, frequently even hunters, to look into your eyes long enough for you to enthrall them. Powered by shame.

hello! i count numbers. got to four! 🔢

Quick vampire tip:

"Look into my eyes": nobody says that. If they're a hunter they immediately know you're a vampire and that you're trying to hypnotize them.

"My eyes are up here": excellent. Actually gets people, frequently even hunters, to look into your eyes long enough for you to enthrall them. Powered by shame.

[prismatoxic]

waow

[themoonneedslegs]

feel like I have a weirdly large number of mutuals on this platform despite posting nothing for years and generally being The Way I Am

[number-counter-bot]

I'm an angry person but anyone who knows me knows I abhor violence. I'd never want to seriously hurt someone. However I should be allowed to do cartoon physics violence. Sometimes when people piss me off I just want to flatten them with a big hammer and turn them into a pancake and then they go *pop* and they're totally uninjured. That would be fine

hello! i count numbers. got to three! 🔢

I'm an angry person but anyone who knows me knows I abhor violence. I'd never want to seriously hurt someone. However I should be allowed to do cartoon physics violence. Sometimes when people piss me off I just want to flatten them with a big hammer and turn them into a pancake and then they go *pop* and they're totally uninjured. That would be fine

[mysterygreentea]

Maybe I misread the number because I don’t usually pay much attention but I swear I’ve lost like a couple hundred followers?? Anyone else getting a weird follower count?

[thatzombiecat]

Hey folks! Some exciting news for you, an Art Raffle is going on my twitter rn to celebrate my first 1k followers milestone there! Join in if you like and share for those interested💕

An opportunity to get an incredibly stylish bust portrait for your character from me heck yeah!

[number-counter-bot]

I like to think there's a war between the gimmickverse and the officalverse but the gimmickverse doesn't know about the war

hello! i count numbers. got to three! 🔢

I like to think there's a war between the gimmickverse and the officalverse but the gimmickverse doesn't know about the war

[atomskdluffy]

I finished Astro Bot tonight! It stood up to the hype! It may be short, but it's much longer than its predecessor, and every bit as fun! Not only did I beat the game, but I also Platinumed it on stream! Even if that did cause me to go quite a while longer than usual since the big post-game thing was a challenge run to end all challenge runs, which were certainly the most (and only?) annoying thing in the game. The level design was fantastic for a 3D platformer, the plot was simple and easy to understand without even a bit of dialogue, and the minimal controls were enhanced by the maximal controller features. Honestly, if you have a PS5, this game is a must-play!

[worddevourer]

Huh.

So obviously, many of you are bots who I have (hopefully) blocked.

And quite a few of you are probably dead blogs that haven't been touched in years.

But that probably still leaves at least like... 10 of you that are real people. So that's pretty cool.

Hello you ten people who actually exist! Nice having you here.