Whom to Follow? A Celebrity Influencer or an Approachable Human Being?

Who do you follow here and elsewhere on the Internet?

When I view profiles of celebrity influencers on LinkedIn, I see they have many followers. They also have a blue IN-tag (tail) after their names. Many of our friends have also started to get blue IN-tails after their names!

• I don't follow and request to connect with someone on LinkedIn, not based on their number of followers or their member status on LinkedIn.

• I follow LinkedIn members with relevant qualities and traits that match my thinking about life and profession.

• I always try to follow an approachable and normal human being on LinkedIn.

Who do you follow here on LinkedIn and elsewhere?

I follow decent people with valuable professional experience.

• I like people with valuable professional experience and who are approachable.

• I engage with their content, write comments, reply to comments, and so on.

I send a connection invite, preferably with a customized request for connection.

I follow enthusiastic students with a lot of dreams.

• I am fond of the student community, which is actively involved in educational programs, such as undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degree programs.

The students are the most enthusiastic members on LinkedIn.

• They are bubbling with ideas and dreams for doing something new and innovative.

• When I see a connection invite from a student, I rush to see the profile and connect as soon as possible.

I also often sent connection invites to students whose profiles I discovered on LinkedIn. I always like to engage with the student community irrespective of age, gender, religion, language, and location.

I follow freedom proponents with experience.

Freedom is the fundamental right of every human being.

• I follow people with solid integrity and contribution to freedom in cyberspace.

• They are from different strata of the world.

• Their specializations are also diverse and multi-faceted.

I always like to connect with people who value freedom and free speech, be it on LinkedIn or elsewhere in the Internet.

I follow volunteers and developers of open-source software.

• I like GNU/Linux and free and open-source software (FOSS).

• I was baptized to GNU/Linux almost twenty-five years ago!

I quit the tyranny of proprietary software sold by Microsoft, Apple, or other companies.

• I do all my professional and personal work and entertainment using FOSS.

• The only exception is that I still use Android, which is based on the Linux kernel but is not open-source and free software.

• I plan to install an open-source OS on my smartphone.

I try to connect with the developers and volunteers of GNU/Linux and FOSS.

I follow musicians who have practical experience in life.

I will write about the musicians I admire and follow.

• They are the artists who have deep practical experience in life.

• They propagate inspiring life lessons through their creations.

I will write about it later in a separate article on musicians.

I (may) follow social workers with a substantial ethical standard.

• I follow some social workers who possess strong integrity and ethics.

• I wish to mention that all so-called social workers who work with NGOs worldwide are not ethical.

I want you to know I am cautious when choosing which social worker to follow and connect with.

I (may) follow actors and filmmakers who create movies with positive social messages.

• I admire great filmmakers like Satyajit Ray and Akira Kurosawa.

• I don't follow a filmmaker for giving hits and superhits.

• I like and admire movies by Charles Chaplin.

• I don't follow filmmakers because they won Oscars.

A filmmaker has a big responsibility to propagate social messages to the people. If that is missed, I don't consider their creations as excellent!

I (may) follow politicians with sound educational backgrounds.

I generally don't follow politicians.

• I take extreme caution when reviewing the backgrounds of politicians.

• The first criterion is the educational background of a politician.

The final view comes from their ethics and integrity.

I love to follow like-minded human beings, online and offline.

In short, I like to follow like-minded people on LinkedIn and other social and professional media sites.

• I don't bother much about whether the person sent a customized invite.

• The most crucial factor is ethics and integrity.

• Next comes their field of specialization, work, and other activities of life.

I admit that I have connected with people and later disconnected when I discovered their unacceptable engagement and proof of activities against humanity.

I always try to connect with an approachable, normal human being on LinkedIn.

This is valid for any other platform, be it social media or a blogging platform, such as ReadCash and Publish0x.

Postscript

• Please do not hesitate to look at my profile and send me a connection invite.

• There is always a chance to interact and find mutual interests.

<> Originally published in my LinkedIn Newsletter.

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I am a researcher and contribute to the overlapping areas of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). I am an active user and promoter of GNU/Linux, free and open-source software. I develop cybersecurity and information security solutions, specifically graphical authentication security.

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Debesh Choudhury

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March 22, 2024