The issue here is not FOLLOWERS but more about ENGAGEMENT. I used to work for a social media influencer company and we always laughed at users that had millions of followers vs another person with 10,000 followers. Unless your Kim Kardasian read on.
Its NOT about the Follower count its about the quality of the follower. Sure you can be a Banfield with 200k followers but do they all vote for his posts? What really needs to happen is you need a quality audience.
Here at steem it seems there are significant flaws in the community due to followers.
Prime example... I have 10,000 followers and get 100 likes. is this a good Engagement? depends on the followers vs a user that has 500 followers and gets 200 likes. way better engagement.
At that company we always used the 1% rule. if you can get 1% of your total follower count to like your posts you have the Average that a normal user gets. and if you can increase this to 3% of your audience then you're great. the problem here is that the mechanic to vote that has a price attached to it creates value... whats worth more a user that posts and gets a $20 vote from 5 people total or a user that gets 300 votes worth 2% total of $5. The thing here on this platform i have found is you need to have quality people that appreciate the content you produce.
Problem is the platform is so difficult to retain followers and their posts that you have NO idea when they post or when to access it to comment organically as well.