You're comparing your worth to their follower count. One measures attention; the other measures nothing that matters. Invest in the room that knows your name.

The thought behind it

This line takes the other person out of the frame, because the comparison was never a fair one to begin with. The Honest Mirror trades reassurance for accuracy, on the theory that accuracy is the kinder of the two. Watch what “20” does here. Change it and the sentence becomes comfortable again, which is how you know it matters.