The follow button is one that's an odd one here on Hive. In mainstream channels like Fakebook and others, it's crucial to have the most followers possible! I think here on Hive it helps to have good followers and ones that are going to be worth interacting with.
It annoys me when I see the posts with engagement on them but the person isn't responding back to any of it, or minimally! That's obnoxious and if I see that consistently, immediately unfollow! Lol. Don't put out the content if you aren't going to engage with people!
Congrats on the follower though, maybe you'll get another one :D
Hahaha, thanks. I will cherish that follower and all followers afterwards. I also wanted to thank you for your premonition of the new follower. I did get one!
As for Facebook et al, I never went in for all that bs. People doing follow for follow, etc. It's pointless and extremely fake. Twitter was the worst. I would see people following 120000 accounts. My feed was plugged after following 25 people. Nobody can make sense of the feed of 120000 people. I also saw them bragging about the 43000 followers they had but I'm betting it was some follower trading scheme or something. Anyhow, not my kettle of fish.