The amount of followers says **nothing** about the person, the content **or** their intentions. These things can **easily** be gambled.

However, as a person who've **never** had anything to do with follow for follow type of deals **or** like so many other does, mass-follow thousands of people in hopes of getting a follow back. I **care** about the amount of followers I have.

Not because it means a great deal in terms of comments or earnings, but to me, it functions as some sort of indicator. Even though the indicator might be flawed, it still serves a decent purpose for what I'm looking for.

- I use it to keep track of my own growth. Sort of.

While I'm active and publish articles each day, I also gain followers more rapidly compared to when I'm less active. That says something.

However, I **also** gain followers while I'm **not** active, due to the articles I **have** published in the past.

That being said, I would never see the amount of followers as an indicator for how awesome a person is.. Because in all honesty, that's a stupid decision. Especially on Steemit where people are desperately trying everything they can to make money.


Comments though, speaks for themselves, as long as we don't consider the spam. If I get 2 comments on an article about rainbows, it might be a fluke. However, if I publish a second article about rainbows and get 0-2 comments again, one could easily see that my audience is **not** interested in that subject. - And that's how I would measure any type of success on Steemit. **Especially**, when it comes to minnows.

Whales can post whatever garbage they want and still get hundreds of comments due to the chance people have to get an upvote worth more than $0.01. 

Steemit is **far** from being fair. In many different aspects. And everyone knows it.