Yes! Thank you for writing this, Toya. It makes me crazy. Someone follows you and they follow before they read anything you wrote. Huh? Why? Well, you answered that one. But I agree, pointless activity.
Sometimes when this happens, because I always look at their list of posts, I will read one, respond, thank them for the follow, reciprocate and politely say how I look forward to us both reading each other’s work.
Result? Nine out of ten times, crickets.
Drives me nuts.