Thank you for posting @creatr.  

Very good advice.  Shakespeare has a line regarding this dilema....just need to find it.  ^_^

All the best.  Cheers.

"I Frank will NOT unfollow anyone!"

Steem on,
Frank

Pepe!

Lovely story ... I keep pretty good track and, like you and, probably like everyone, do not like to lose anyone, mostly because one might have upset them. Great to hear a good outcome - good on you for confronting the situation rather than burying it under the rug. Upped. Namaste!

Looking at your follower history, I immediately spotted who you're talking about haha There could be a number of reasons that you were unfollowed. It could be that you're not leaving comment on his posts and just reply to his comments on your posts, or you've been posting stuff that he's not comfortable with, among many other reasons.

You've come to a great conclusion though. Don't stress out over it. Once you get through that initial shock, think about your recent interaction with that person. If you haven't been paying attention to his posts either, then it's a acceptable casualty. However, if you've been actively engaging with each other (i.e. both of you comment on each other's posts every single time), then you've established a relatively close relationship where you're allowed to ask why he's constantly unfollowing you.

a little while ago someone I respect and admire deleted her entire follower list and started over. She figured that when she first came on steemit she blindly followed a lot of people but she wanted people in her feed that she really wanted to follow. I was deleted, then re-instated. Okay, I actually DM'd her and begged her not to delete me LOL Turns out she didn't. We never know the reasons behind someone leaving steemit or unfollowing us. I used to agonize over that on Twitter until I made up my mind to produce the best content I could. Sure enough, I got to the point where I have celebrities and Hollywood stars following me but I have so many followers I don't even realize they're there. The moral of the story? As Atticus said in TKAM - do your duty. do your best. The rest will take care of itself. I will never unfollow you, my friend :)

Thanks for the info!

Thanks for the mention, @creatr 
It can feel confronting, but you'll never be everybody's cup of tea, particularly if you're saying controversial stuff. 
If they're legitimate unfollows,  just be glad for the time you had together :)

Hey @creatr - have you tried out the Dead Followers link?  It's pretty cool.
Considering I recently hit 700, I was curious to see how many were "dead". Turns out there are nearly 300 zombies. 
Anyway, it's kind of a fun number to look at.  **[Here's the link.](http://steemit.deadfollowers.info/)**

Not really  tracking my 'follower' numbers, @creatr
Even in jest, you've reminded me to take a closer look.
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I never thought to check my follower numbers.

Now I'm wondering if they have gone up or down and I didn't notice.

Oh, well not to worry. my view is that if someone unfollows me, that leaves more room for others to follow me. 

It is interesting how the 'mute' button works though. So thanks for pointing that out.