Folks are unfortunately starved for attention. It's hard to break into Nostr. Follow bots give users a bit of "regular social media" dopamine, and some are unaware that they are bots. We (me specifically) should do a better job of interacting with new users. The problem with WoT is that it gets comfy, and you start avoiding looking at public relays. I just did this for the first time in a couple of weeks and had a gazillion likes from "Bible Quotes". I probably blocked HiddenMind and CosmicWhispers at some point, but there are always new bots.