A few days ago 
I check out my personal feed (aka home) and general feed of steemit every day, and I vote for posts that I think are interesting. I also have a list of bloggers who ALWAYS have my upvote with help of steemvoter, cause I know that they ALWAYS create good content and I don't want to miss it. And I follow people who write interesting posts, interesting for me.
I don't do "follow for follow". Guys, that's not how steemit works!
I'm especially "happy" when I see someone saying "Why don't you want to give something that took you yourself no effort to receive". Damn, REALLY?
- Point one.I'm here on steemit for five months, and for these five months I'm posting EVERY DAY. It's close to half year of everyday work. Yes, sometimes I do posts about my dog or about my life, some bloggy stuff, but in general I try to do my best in making my blog interesting. I write posts about artists, try ti remember and collect interesting information and analyze it. If I post my art - be sure, behind each piece there're hours of work. If that's "no effort" - OK, then I don't know what's an effort enough for blogging.
- If I'll follow everyone who asks me about it it will end up with missing great posts from my friends here, Even if I will - what will it change? My "Home" feed will just explode, and I'll have no opportunity to upvote anyway. I check out general feed really regularly. And believe me, I notice interesting posts.
- Next point. Attacking me in steemit chat. Just throwing me a link and a postscript "Upvote and follow"! Dude! At least say "HI"!!! Usually I use steemit chat to... chat with friends and to discuss art commissions. And that's it. Not to receive a random link on a post about a lipstick (true story), with some random writing. That you a lot, my lips are tattooed! So I don't need a lipstick and a link to a post about it. I ALWAYS react if someone I know asks me to check out the post, or something like that, but for first I need to know the person, or at least the post must match my interests, they're pretty clear from my blog. Art posts, MMORPG graphic, geeky series - no lipstick, please.
- Next point! What's wrong with people who write "Nice post, please check out mine" or "I followed and upvoted you, please do the same" under the posts that are... Hm... Under posts about diseases, or lost of beloved animals (seen that), or any other content that is not about "Nice posting"? I have two versions of what's going on. Either they don't read it at all (then it's spamming), or they're dangerous sociopaths. Something like that. It really pisses me off.
OK, may be I'm overreacting. But anyway, dear new steemians, it doesn't work like this!