What Does This Mean?
[ SOCIAL GRAPH ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
A person who follows you and whom you follow back, describing a reciprocal following relationship, distinct from a one-sided follow in either direction.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"We've been mutuals for years but never actually talked until this week."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard Tumblr and Twitter social-graph vocabulary from the early 2010s, naming the specific reciprocal-follow relationship that the platform's follow mechanic makes possible and socially meaningful.
FIRST SEEN
2010
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Follow Back / Followbackmutu
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
↓ FADING
EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ SOCIAL GRAPH ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
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MENTIONS OVER TIME
DOCUMENTED SINCE
2010
NOW
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