@mike THIS.
One thing I love about here is how that + the "hide follower visibility" neatly cuts off infamous routes of harassment on twitter.
You can thank someone or show appreciation for them with *no one but them and you knowing,* keeping harassers, bigots, stalkers etc from seeing/attacking open support for a target
And your followers, can, too, be private, cutting off stuff like harassing them to get at you or demanding you cut off people over drama/their having a bad take etc