Unfollowed on Instagram and feel like I’m in middle school

[Anonymous]

I have been unfollowing a lot of people from my old town lately. It is triggering for me. I don't think any of them would understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it makes sense, why would she not want you to follow her, but she follows you? I’m not sure I’d take it personally because the opposite would be worse.

Right, that's weird. Like, she wants to see your stuff but doesn't want you seeing hers? Odd.

I've definitely unfollowed people before, if they're annoying and I don't want to see their stuff in my feed, but I've never removed someone from being able to follow ME.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it makes sense, why would she not want you to follow her, but she follows you? I’m not sure I’d take it personally because the opposite would be worse.

Right, that's weird. Like, she wants to see your stuff but doesn't want you seeing hers? Odd.

I've definitely unfollowed people before, if they're annoying and I don't want to see their stuff in my feed, but I've never removed someone from being able to follow ME.

I haven’t completely removed people, but on Facebook, when I posted there, you could add people to lists that don’t see your posts or totally unfriend them. I have unfriended a lot of people - like when it first came out, everyone was friending everyone. I don’t need Joe Random from my high school taking up space in my brain. He didn’t do anything wrong but he’s not a part of my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I removed about 50 friends who I knew would not be supportive of one of my children being LGBTQ. While they may "say" they are supportive, their vote for Trump and apathy toward affected groups since the inauguration locked my decision.

Where the hell do you live that you know 50 people that would give a rat's ass about your kid being gay? Saudi Arabia? Afghanistan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I removed about 50 friends who I knew would not be supportive of one of my children being LGBTQ. While they may "say" they are supportive, their vote for Trump and apathy toward affected groups since the inauguration locked my decision.

Where the hell do you live that you know 50 people that would give a rat's ass about your kid being gay? Saudi Arabia? Afghanistan?

Really. Few people care about children’s fads and phases they go through.

[Anonymous]

People are not reading this OP correctly.

The OP's friend is still following her. She is preventing OP from seeing her posts.

Most of these answers don't apply.

[Anonymous]

I follow a lot of art galleries, artists, travel places. I unfollow to reduce my feed or because they post too often. I don't care that they follow me.

[Anonymous]

She is not PREVENTING that's blocking not removing a follower on instagram. OP can still see if she looks for the account. It's just not shoved into her feed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I go to my list of followers, I just see X next to each, to remove them. She may have been cleaning up her list and clicked you by mistake.

I was trying to envision how you can just cut people off from following you (I don't have instagram but hear all about followers). I thought it was one way. Can't people just click and re-follow? Unless you make your settings private or something?

[Anonymous]

It may be because of your actions. You began wearing the same kind of lipstick as her, got the same kind of shoes and outfits she wore. If she bought a beige purse, by golly you got one too, and when you did, you would post provocative and bragging statements how fashionable you are.

The woman felt suffocated as you took over her Instagram page, having panic attacks every time she opened her account, horrified at what next thing you might post, taking over her life.

It just may be you, MADAME, who caused this to happen.

Oh, and don’t try playing the little Miss Innocent game. It won’t work.

Guard your Instagrams ladies, we have a Mean Girl in the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is not PREVENTING that's blocking not removing a follower on instagram. OP can still see if she looks for the account. It's just not shoved into her feed.

This is not true if her account is set to private.

[Anonymous]

Is it?

[Anonymous]

I mean did she set it to private?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I follow a lot of art galleries, artists, travel places. I unfollow to reduce my feed or because they post too often. I don't care that they follow me.

My god people. This is not what the OP is talking about.

Although OP your subject line does not match your description of what happened. I think so many people don't actually read an OP's post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I removed about 50 friends who I knew would not be supportive of one of my children being LGBTQ. While they may "say" they are supportive, their vote for Trump and apathy toward affected groups since the inauguration locked my decision.

Where the hell do you live that you know 50 people that would give a rat's ass about your kid being gay? Saudi Arabia? Afghanistan?

Since you clearly don’t understand and have zero empathy, you would be first on my list.