The best followers are the ones who continuously engage with you via comments. If it stays one way or we don't reply or upvote their comments, they are bound to leave us. Letting that happen is a big mistake.
Dead followers are greatest in numbers because most people do not bother learning much in the start and leave Steemit in frustration. I know many of my followers are dead.
Having more, but organic, is important. It's important to regularly switch among all of them to keep them engaged.
A great post to read and share so I resteemed it!
Aah yes. Wonderful summarization by the “teacher” himself.. i agree that at any given time, the percentage of dead followers will always be greater than your active and visiting followers combined. But even then, we should always strive to engage with as many followers as we can. Its worth the trouble..