I have recently cleaned out my follow list. Gone are the ones you mention, but I also looked to see which of the people I follow have essentially stopped writing. They haven't published anything in months. Why am I following them? And realistically, how many people can I follow? Following 1000 people on Medium is like having 1000 friends on Facebook. After awhile it becomes meaningless. While I follow about 400 people, I really only read about 25.