Even as a little minnow I dislike the few comments I get that are follow begging. I can't imagine being someone that gets 100's of comments and 20 to 30 of them are people follow or ypvote begging. I feel like my 120 followers (which I am so proud of, thank you all!) is evidence that you don't need to beg for followers. Really, all I have done is comment and post what I feel is quality content. That's all it really takes, that and patience :)