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GoodFollows.xyz

Finding And Celebrating The Moderately Gifted In A Global Landscape

Michael Columbus
2 min readJul 9, 2024

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Every moment people are pouring their souls onto the internet.

They do it because they can’t imagine not doing it.

I call them Good Follows (or GFs for short).

In the old days people made livelihoods through their unique abilities with spreadsheets or teaching old people how to use computers.

Today GFs are able to make a livelihood doing what they’re uniquely good at because of the robust distribution powers of the internet.

But there’s a catch. A monkey’s paw.

In a world where powerful distribution tools are available to everyone, they are available to everyone.

This includes bad actors, virality actors and massively funded entities.

So it’s easier to get in the club, but harder to stand out from the crowd.

Maybe you’re a GF.

Maybe you wish you were a GF.

My passion is people. I live for lifting up people and thrive digging through the back channels of the internet in search of GFs. I’m fascinated…

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Michael Columbus

Software Consultant x Chemical Engineer x Mid-30s Married Guy with a stream-of-consciousness-bent Let's spend some time together 🥂