I passed six and seven hundred without a peep, I guess 1000 is worth a mention, won't be too long at the current rate, which like you said has questionable merit. If 700 followers meant even 100 votes it would be a thing, but it's not even close- number of followers is meaningless to a point, unless it's used as an indicator of how active one is on the site. But yes I know how we have done it; with honor and dignity and lots of real nice posts.