I did not draw a clear line of inactivity. For accounts I did not recognize immediately, a few months of not posting was enough to be unfollowed. For those near and dear ones, the ones I truly hope they will come back, since we've had so many great exchanges, I even left a grace period of more than a year.
What site did you get this from? I simply used the info from the follow list.
Btw, these are all of the exceptions I've mentioned before: people I've onboarded, my own alt-account, and those who have been gone for not that long, but I'm still holding my breath that they will be back.
Oh, and there's one mistake I must have overlooked: @therising hasn't posted in 7 years. But interestingly, I've been getting some very generous upvotes from them, typically right after I post. I assume it's an autovote, so that would not stop if I unfollowed them, but since they are the only such mistake I made, I'll just leave it for now.
Oh! I use my own private tools to snoop inside the blockchain and see what isn't always easily visible for everyone. For example, I could tell you who has muted you on Hive if you're interested in knowing. You know? LoL
Yeah, I could tell that's true, and all I did was confirm it with my own private exploring tool.
Exactly, the amount of time that those you follow haven't posted is precisely the additional useful information my tool provides that you may not be aware of just by carrying out your pruning, cleaning and sanitation tasks. That's part of the reason why this tool was created.
Yes, these are "autovotes" indeed. But you did well to keep following them, because even though it's a bot account, it's best not to stop following them lest the "autovotes" stop coming too. LoL
Oh, I see... that's the insider scoop you've got. Nice!
You're saying someone has muted me? That is probably even worse than unfollowing! Not sure if I want to know though...
What's more interesting, if there were any other bots like the one I omitted by mistake, that I unfollowed, and now the upvotes will stop coming. Is there a way to find out? And if so, would it work to follow them again?
Exactly, that's the insider scoop that a curious, rebellious and argumentative old Cranky Gandalf needs to have on hand at all times to battle and defeat his enemies and adversaries. Hahahaha
Well, I didn't say you were muted by someone because I haven't checked yet. But if curiosity gets the better of you and you can endure the pain, I can tell you if you decide to find out the naked truth.
Yeah, there is a way to find out. Just wait a while and see if you notice that some of the autovotes you used to receive from those you've unfollowed have stopped. And then try to contact me to tell you exactly who they are so you can follow them again to see if they keep voting your content one more time.
Oh okay, in that case... I'll just go on assuming no one had any reason to mute me. And if they did, who cares, they probably didn't deserve to see my content anyway.
Sure, I'll do that, if it happens.
Well, now I have checked. And I can tell you that there are barely few more than those that could be counted on just one hand, the ones who don't deserve to see your content. But yeah, who the hell cares about those hypocrites?
Okay, I hope you don't have to do it. But if you do, we'll be wandering around.