WHY FOLLOW ME?.

I check on the people that answer my posts. Sometimes I follow someone whose posts get me interested usually.

I like the feature here under follows at the top left of the page, You can see their discussions makes it easier for me to follow discussions I may have missed.

This is a cliched observation. You get to read posts of those you follow under the tab 'follows'. And those who follow you will get to read your posts under that tab.

I only follow people I find interesting (this includes you) but I can't understand the logic behind following someone but never reading or commenting

I followed people base on their discussion's and ideas. I don't just follow them because I like them. Also I want to be a friend to them.

I wonder too. A lot of my followers don't seem particularly interested in me

I keep checking the posts of my followers and whom I follow and make it a point to respond to those posts, which appeal to me.

I do follow some people but I do not really use the following feature anymore. I used to go and see what was new from those I follow but I found from the old mylot not many were still active when I came back soon now I just go to recent discussions of all mylotters. Once in awhile since do follow someone and I will sometimes check new discussions from those on the list I follow.

i have almost 800

I follow a few member, only so that their posts are easy to find.

me too, i have followers, but not all follow me, so just stick to my idea that i can follow somebody who is not a follower.

I follow mylotters whose discussions I find interesting. Or at least I like the mylotter.

that is also a question i want to ask

I follow someone whose posts are interesting.

On the other hand, I mostly respond to discussions from members I don't even follow...

Well, the hopes of people responding back to your post. But some people don't do that. Probably my fault my post sucks these days.

I think followers can easily see our posts but we cannot force them to respond or comment to it. It is also the same with me and maybe with many others here, I have many followers but not all of them responds to my discussions.

I don't, in my case I only open 'their discussion' and nothing more.

It is the same with mine...i think the people who join mylot not fully understanding it tend to make the mistake of thinking that if they follow someone..the person will follow them back. It is possible they have misunderstood its purpose from other social media sites ...where people follow each other for no reason. There are only a handful of people who have always responded to my posts. Many of my "followers" are no longer active on mylot. It might help if mylot deactivated the accounts that are not active. Of the thousands registered...there might barely be a few hundreds that are active here regularly. I am only following 13 people so far.

I think the follow thing is so your posts show up in their "Follows" tab on the upper left hand bar. That said I don't know why people would just follow and not visit....