I've been on steemit since June 2017 and have been very careful with who I follow preferring quality over quantity. I have never done the follow for follow thing and won't start now. If I see quality and that person has something genuine and interesting to offer me I'll throw a follow their way and see where it leads. I generally actually tell the person that too!

I can't recall ever going over 100 followers which allows me the ability to keep up with their posts and actually read them.
Anyway, that's my strategy and it seems to work for me; We're all different though and some people can keep up with a gazillion followers. (I call bullshit though) :)

Thanks for your post. @jaynie