topherchris:

If you’re following more than 2,000 people on Twitter and only 100 are following you, that pretty much means that I’m not going to follow you. Additional points removed if your website solely exists to sell shit.

Are “pityfollows” the only reason people keep trying it? That’s all I can come up with.

Pityfollow
Following someone on Twitter or another web2.0 site only because you believe the proper user etiquette of the site require you to do so.

“I pityfollow topherchris on Twitter because he’s following me. Not sure how he found me, but whatever.”

see also “pity add”