Follower counts are a force which gravitate people to the larger accounts.  I have probably missed a lot of great follows simply because they had less than 100 followers.  Subconsciously, I may have dismissed their opinions and that’s not right.  
Conversely, my brain wants to autofollow anyone with over (eg.5000) followers 


I think follower accounts should be private for the owner of the account.  Anyway, just my 2 Sats.