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I'm not an expert, but I have an opinion, maybe some of you want to follow: ALWAYS SUPPORT THE UNDERDOGS. They are the ones experimenting with new ideas and hopefully sharing both what worked and what didn't.

Unfollow all the players with a huge following. They stop producing quality.

Start by supporting underdogs, people who have a following, but small and growing.

Eventually they'll become bigger in terms of following. Then unfollow them.




So you judge someone's speech's value by their popularity. Just in the opposite direction.


Also known as compulsive contrarianism


... or Intellectual Hipster


Or every single unpopular high school kid


Many underdogs just copies the viewpoints of bigger channels, watching those is even worse than watching the original since at least the original had some thought behind it.


Choose wisely then.


I think a valid strategy is to watch what big personalities were saying or doing when they were still small. Look at what made them big instead of what they do when they are big.


I think I don't have to "follow" or support anyone, or is that become a must in this new digital world? Like, if you don't follow anyone the system will ignore you or something, I don't know.




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