There are two types of people - those who build and those who take (aaaand may be 386425465 other types in between).
I've seen follow-beg a lot here, though some may consider it as a friendly approach, I believe most are quick-start-to-buck chasers. Also, relationship matters. On my other social media I rarely accept request based on... just-cause. I research them and usually talk to them before accepting.
Probably most of those follow-me-up-one-day-hit-n-run will die out of the platform eventually, and will realize it's not gonna work. I don't see them as ever succeeding.. yeah - they will learn the hard way. Then that energy put from the beg-forget-me-not-ers would have been stupidly wasted into the nothingness, as most would move out for the next win-me-quick-bucks fields/platforms so on..
In the end I'm a quality over quantity person. And in a platform like Steemit I believe it matters.