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Indeed. If people want me to follow them, then they should be active on my blog and the blogs of the people I follow. If they are interesting and/or helpful, I will eventually check out their blogs and probably end up following when I'm inclined to do so. It's pretty simple. Nobody needs to ask, and asking will actually make it certain that it WON'T happen lol

Oh God do I hate the ones that ask! That's an immediate no from me!