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I think it will help, at least I'm doing so. I have a list with all followers, which I check on a regular basis, if I find something interesting I follow. I usually ignore for 2 weeks requests for following. If the follower is still there, and changed his behavior, post good stuff, a follow is guaranteed.

Nice! So you are really filtering out your followers for prime quality. I like that. And I too have been using the rapport tactic a hell of a lot more in the last 24 hours. And it's been working wonders. I have gained like 5-10 followers all at around 60-77 rep :)

As a matter of fact, my last post I made I spoke exactly about this. It was actually inspired by you and @Noisy :P Let me know what you think.

Exactly, you got my point.