I think our non-following followers should be purged. I suggested to Medium something like this:

After something like 2-3 months or so of nothing read, send a reminder, maybe two reminders, whatever, and then drop them with a notice about that -- because you certainly could follow again if you had been away, or had just forgotten about someone you really do want to read.

But this would give us a more honest picture of ourselves and everyone else. I bet I’d lose 90% of my so-called “followers” and so would most of us.