Do you follow for follow ?

[Shaun]

I'll be honest and blunt here. I don't really see the point. If I see something in the Latest Post thread which gets my interest I'll go look. If they link to other posts with interesting titles I'll look at those too and if I'm sufficiently impressed I'll Follow them.

This whole idea of I'll follow you if you follow me though just irks me. How many people here actually go back and check up on every blog post made by everyone they follow? What's more, how many people here actually talk about or link to other blogger's posts in their blog? It really seems more like a pointless exercise than anything else. It seems to me that it might even be hurting as much as it helps, falsely inflating the numbers on your blog statistics, after all, it might make you feel good to have dozens or even a hundred followers, but if none of them actually look at the majority of your posts, then what is the point?

[Jennifer]

I get what you are saying and completely agree. I don't follow just to get one back for two reasons. First I only want followers that like my blog because it interests them and I don't want to follow blogs that I have no interest in.
If I like someone's blog and follow it I may leave a comment and a link to my own blog because if I like theirs then they might also be interested in mine, and I will check out the blogs of people who follow me to see if I like theirs. If I do I follow, if I don't I won't. Sometimes though there are blogs with some posts I like and others I don't. Depending on how interested I am in the ones I like I may or may not choose to follow these blogs.
I also am one who doesn't care how many followers I have, I just blog about what interests me. Of course I hope people will like my posts and follow my blog but that's not the point. I blog for entertainment, and if I'm enjoying it that's all that matters to me.