There are two reasons I will not follow for follow. Follows mean nothing to the algorithm. As it is I follow about 100 people, most of whom I started following when I was new and there is no way that I could ever read content from all of them. What the algorithm does a good job of is seeing who and what I have been reading lately, and who I engage with, and filling my feed based on those metrics. Next, while I know follows mean nothing towards getting read, each new follow is priceless to me because it means something I wrote, whether in a story or in a comment, reached someone in a meaningful way, and that's why I write. Follows for follows are bereft of that meaning.