100% agree. I had a guy come onto my comments recently, complaining that I hadn’t followed everyone back and demanding that I read his stories. He said he'd been reading mine, but I’m not sure he had. I commented on a few of his. It turned out he'd only been on the platform a couple of weeks. Real charmer.
Saying that, I don't mind people looking for 100 followers putting out a story asking to connect with likeminded newbies, because we all want to be monetised before we publish our best work.