Do you actually see posts from everyone you follow?

"Have you stopped posting?"

I get this question even when I post consistently.

It made me think about how much control we actually have over what appears in our feeds.

You follow someone because you find their work useful.

But that does not mean you will see their next post.

The algorithm decides what gets shown.

Some updates appear again and again. Others never reach you.

I have probably missed many useful updates from people I follow.

It also works the other way. People assume you have stopped posting when your updates simply stop appearing in their feed.

How do you deal with this?

Do you visit profiles regularly, use lists, save posts, or just rely on the algorithm?

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woodava2•about 9 hours ago•1

on threads i switch to the following feed, it shows people in order so nothing gets skipped

EvgeniiPlugarev•about 9 hours ago•1

Mostly I don't rely on the main feed for people I actually care about. On Instagram you can tap the logo at the top and switch to Following, which is chronological, and you can add up to 50 accounts to Favorites so their posts show up higher. X has the Following tab for the same thing. For a handful of people I just check their profile once a week, it takes two minutes and I stopped missing stuff.

creatorctrl•about 7 hours ago•1

Do the people who ask if you stopped posting usually follow your work anywhere else?

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