I use only smaller relays and look at global or at my favorites list, so I don't really need follows. That said, I'm using it as a moderation list for my relay, so that makes it useful to me, but I could use any list for that.
Thought about nuking my follow list, but then people lose my WoT data. People keep saying follower count doesn't matter, but getting a follow from me gets other npubs immediate visibility. I know what it's like to scrounge around for interaction for weeks or months, or get muted by The Wrong Person and fall into obscurity.
Being a newbie on here sucks. Hoping communities fixes that. Then your community membership could raise your WoT, by proving that some people there were willing to let you stick around.