LOL, nice twist bringing the topic back to Steemians!

One of my regrets is following about 15k people on Steemit when I first joined. In my mind, I was thinking that amassing a massive follower base was important. I would only recently come to realize that a large follower base is not important at all, in fact it creates problems. I now have a convoluted feed which I don't bother to check, I am following 99% accounts (and I don't even know who they are, what they post, if they are active & if they post good quality content) & you can lose track of who your real following is.

I had to write all the Steemians whom I engage with on a Word Doc, that I now refer to lol. I plan on deleting most of my following eventually, but for now the task seems daunting as it took me an absurd amount of time to follow that many people.

Organic Growth is definitely the best. Choosing the best quality content you like and maintaining good engagement and relationships with a few followers. That gives you a constant source of upvotes, comments and familiarity with your followers and you will grow along with your followers so the money will come eventually as you and your following start gaining more Steem Power, Reputation & Curation Rewards! My biggest regret was trying to find a quick way to grow on this platform. Nothing worth its salt is ever quick and can be slow and arduous. But that is what it is supposed to be about so you can look back later when you are successful and see how far you've come! It is always the struggle, that makes the endgoal rewarding, not the actual endgoal itself.