Which is wild to me because I don’t get the appeal of allowing myself to be triggered everyday, by following someone I dislike based on what they tweet. And there’s actually a good piece about it. “The psychology of the hate-follow”. https://digiday.com/marketing/twisted-art-hate-follow/ https://twitter.com/misskattoyou/status/1252892046416850944

“The logical question about hate-following is why wouldn’t you just not follow the person if they — and their tweets — really are that insufferable. The first and most common justification is a healthy dose of schadenfreude”.

“You have to despise this person just enough to keep on eye on them, hoping they eventually go down in social media flames,” this i believe what a lot of ‘hate-followers’ do.

They low-key wait for your slightest slip up or honest mistake to watch twitter ‘drag’ you to flames

You can follow someone you occasionally disagree with because you’re not going to agree on everything and that’s okay. It doesn’t make them ‘trash’, unless the basis on that disagreement is bigotry/prejudice. Narcissists think their prejudice = an opinion. And that’s not it.

But to ‘hate-follow’ someone while mentally & psychologically torture yourself because you root for the possibility of them getting ‘dragged’ for what they tweet is toxic & unhealthy to your mental health. Just unfollow/block/mute and keep it moving.