No, they wouldn't have follows but there is a learning moment in coming across things through exploring the app and an empty feed encourages that exploration.
Plus it puts some of the autonomy of stumbling upon the icky stuff into the hands of the user, so they're not immediately blaming just the app but also considering the action that they took to come across it.
Dawn
npub1cg…52ndy
2025-05-12 14:22:36
in reply to nevent1q…wlwz
Author Public Key
npub1cgcwm56v5hyrrzl5ty4vq4kdud63n5u4czgycdl2r3jshzk55ufqe52ndyPublished at
2025-05-12 14:22:36Event JSON
{
"id": "641a469cebb4464e52c337fb940f310fb512b6316fd001bb34b7479ab1841b23",
"pubkey": "c230edd34ca5c8318bf4592ac056cde37519d395c0904c37ea1c650b8ad4a712",
"created_at": 1747059756,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"91c58114a4bdc79cff6c3db73545f4180c0d7ff331542be533faeacc3eac6c08",
"",
"root"
],
[
"e",
"b0567e2fe12a543fbeab9d77737fbb11783a2999f6b451bfed52e7d7cff48932"
],
[
"e",
"58c7c1c4f6d228fa56402b73a44edd8f92d654a6b8e886ff128ce455db5f336b",
"",
"reply"
],
[
"p",
"9ca0bd7450742d6a20319c0e3d4c679c9e046a9dc70e8ef55c2905e24052340b"
],
[
"p",
"c230edd34ca5c8318bf4592ac056cde37519d395c0904c37ea1c650b8ad4a712"
],
[
"p",
"460c25e682fda7832b52d1f22d3d22b3176d972f60dcdc3212ed8c92ef85065c"
],
[
"p",
"a96a35a224402b8075c4da20f0477896afcc3395b6fad63e30a648a8222a6a69"
]
],
"content": "No, they wouldn't have follows but there is a learning moment in coming across things through exploring the app and an empty feed encourages that exploration. \n\nPlus it puts some of the autonomy of stumbling upon the icky stuff into the hands of the user, so they're not immediately blaming just the app but also considering the action that they took to come across it. ",
"sig": "cb07f743e1a55bca37466f2e4837e728321b2ced6ad3fb5dd09fef85c17ba64ed8d028085d78c106733200f08a432fd5707bd019acd23dbb6b176f1d33f77e17"
}