Yeah, that makes sense. Though a follow is free. And I can always unfollow if I find I don't like the content, which I probably won't if all they're doing is asking for follows.

I guess at any stage of this "game" you must ask yourself, "what is of value"? If your time spent scrolling through a feed of dull things is meaningful to you, then follows matter. I rarely look at my feed yet, mostly I look at tags I'm interested in, so, so far, my feed isn't significant. There will come a day when I start pruning my feed I'm sure. On that day, I will probably also no longer be bothering with tiny contests that I don't otherwise enjoy. I already don't mostly.