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Won't  say names but observed a fellow Steemian with over 5K Followers and Selling Resteem Services. And joined this past December  2017.
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# <center> What does that Come out to a Day ? </center>
Gaining about 80- 100 new Followers per day since he's  been here. That's a heck of a lot. I know getting 10 quality Followers a day is NOT easy at all. Notice how I said "quality". 
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# <center>How Does He Do it ?? </center>
Well, I am inclined to say it is some bot doing it, but not sure that is even possible. Looking at his dashboard numbers I only see about 700 total Posts. And there are alot of Comments with one word replies like "Thanks"  and "Great".

Then I look at the amount of the people he is Following and guess what the number is ***31,900***  !! Almost 32K

Wow !!

 I looked a little deeper , and I thought he  built this up by "I Follow You , if you Follow Me" technique. But his Comments in his Dashboard don't align with this. Rather , I think just by sheer numbers a certain amount that he Followed felt obligated to Follow him back. 
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# <center> Why is this a Terrible Idea ?  </center>
When you get too many like this , then what happens is you really clog up your Feed with 'irrelevant' Steemians and make it inefficient to interact with others. You have to end up scrolling with a never ending list of people in your Feed who you have no Interests with just to find the few who you do.


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You really end up alienating many of those 5K Following you. Many who may want to build a connection to you. But you either miss them in the Feed or do not respond because there is no commonality between you and he.  Just further agitating them. Which is not a good thing for our Steemit ecosystem.
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# <center> What I am Doing ?? </center>
I take 'Following' and being 'Followed' very seriously. At first when I joined Steemit,I thought you just randomly Followed people... especially the ones who sent a "I Follow you if you Follow me"  reply.
Of course I found out this does not work effectively  because you get two people Following each other and have no common interests. 

So I really make an effort to make quality Comments at other Steemians'  blogs. Most of them are human beings who have similar views, interests, talents etc..etc.. Sometimes I will Follow a Steemain who I have no related  interests with (at least none that I can see)*. But their Spirit in what they convey in their Content really captivates me. So I will Follow to see if we can make a Connection. And I NEVER ask them to Follow me if I Follow them. That's a no-no technique at Steemit and will get you no where. Trust me, at first as a beginner it seems good but it will only prove to be very inefficient for you.
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# <center> Conclusion.. </center>
I have learned the best way to gain Followers is to let it happen organically and naturally. Don't try too hard. Let your Content speak for itself and let it be your tool for gaining more interested Followers.  Align with people who you can relate to or have interest with. For instance, if you are looking for sports minded people do not Follow  another Steemian who only cares about Horticulture .

And finally do not Follow another Steemian just because they have a high Rep thinking they will interact and end up Following you. This can be seen as disingenuous  as most people will be able to see  right through you and pick up on your insincerity.  So just keep it real.

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# P.S.
As for the guy with over 5k Followers in his first two months ?? I think it is obvious that he built it up so he could start a Resteem service. But I do not think he built the Followers solidly. He just randomly Followed as many other Steemians as he could in his short time here. 

I sure wouldn't use his Resteem Service !! 
Why ??
 Because many Following him probably have not much of a Connection to who he is or anything about him. That tends to happen when you arbitrarily  and randomly  Follow people who in turn Follow you back to reciprocate. 
So when he resteems your Post  they just gloss over it and do not even open anything from him because of the disconnect.

Cheers,
Robert

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***Be sure to check out some of  my other Posts here at Steemit  below :***

[ Newbies always Check and Respond to Your "Replies" at Your Dashboard](https://steemit.com/surpassinggoogle/@robertandrew/hey-newbies-and-other-steemians-get-your-butt-in-gear-and-make-checking-your-replies-a-priority)


[Why "I Follow You if You Follow Me"  Does Not Workat Steemit]()

[Write the Perfect Comments at Steemit](https://steemit.com/steemit/@robertandrew/how-to-write-perfect-comments-that-get-you-more-more-engagement-more-upvotes-more-followers-read-on)

[How to Get Through the "Grind" at Steemit](https://steemit.com/steemit/@robertandrew/new-steemians-i-know-it-s-damn-tough-getting-through-the-grind-but-learn-to-embrace-it-as-it-too-shall-pass)

[Secret to Writing more Quality Content at Steemit](https://steemit.com/writing/@robertandrew/a-secret-to-writing-more-and-more-quality-content-at-your-blog-here-on-steemit)