@DavidBHimself i should have clarified that i meant i was referring to when there's an obvious interest alignment.
For example, I followed someone with a new account that was VERY into pro wrestling and only had 3 followers.
He thanked me for following him and asked me to boost his post to my followers so he could gain some traction. I did and suggested he follow me back because I wanted to banter with him about pro wrestling and he responded that he'd follow people back and boost, "in due time".
It just sucks because, at least for pro wrestling, there's not many people here discussing it. Therefore I want to discuss it with as many people as I can and if we don't all follow each other, we won't see each others posts because...well, fediverse.😬