What an interesting perspective! I hadn't really thought to cull the list. Honestly, I should clean up my office first, then I should clean up all the files from my desktop :) It would be a year before I could get to cleaning up the list of the people I follow! But I found it really interesting to read about your discoveries. It's sort of a sampling of all the reasons people might start writing on Medium (or anywhere), and how that writing journey evolves. I used to follow people when I saw they had less than 100 followers and I wanted to help them out. The bigger thing for me is the email subscription. Most of the articles I read are because they turned up in my inbox (like this one). Thanks for the compelling article... this was a nice topic for New Years! Speaking of that, wishing you the best in 2024!