This is a matter of expectations. What did you expect?
I opened a twitter account when I noticed some people who had interesting things to say and who did this on twitter. My expectation was a little "news" feed. Then, while I was at it, I tweeted some things of my own, mostly expressions of political opinion and insights. I also retweeted some things I found interesting and worthy of attention. Suddenly, I had 3 followers. I did not expect that, but I thought that it was great that someone was listening to me. That did not change my expectations nor my behaviour.
Follower count? Who cares? I have 12 followers. Among them are a handful of people that I respect very much, and I feel quite honoured that they are willing to listen to what I say. This feels much more important to me than 100000 people following some sort of lolcats.
I opened a twitter account when I noticed some people who had interesting things to say and who did this on twitter. My expectation was a little "news" feed. Then, while I was at it, I tweeted some things of my own, mostly expressions of political opinion and insights. I also retweeted some things I found interesting and worthy of attention. Suddenly, I had 3 followers. I did not expect that, but I thought that it was great that someone was listening to me. That did not change my expectations nor my behaviour.
Follower count? Who cares? I have 12 followers. Among them are a handful of people that I respect very much, and I feel quite honoured that they are willing to listen to what I say. This feels much more important to me than 100000 people following some sort of lolcats.