I think I understand your point.
From my perspective, I follow to get a better impression and feeling for each other. Listen to people. If it doesn´t feel well for me, ways split. But it doesn't have to be forever. Some, or better, most times it just too much I/O for me.
I find it difficult to understand how people follow >1000 accounts. Imho 200 is a lot. But I can understand that we are all different and deal with the topic differently & accept that others handle it differently.