Larken, from my point of view as someone who has been a fan of yours for more than a decade: I am a Steemit follower of yours here since 2016, but I also didn't log in to Steemit between 2016 and now. So, that's one follower who didn't react to posts. Further, on my own account here, 90%+ of my followers are spam. For example, somebody called "hdporn" follows me. That's presumably to get me to check them out. Follower count does not seem meaningful.