It looks like for every 100 posts I make I get on average a bit more ethan 1 follower.

Of course, the posts where I spend hours figuring out and writing generate the most followers.

The pithy offhand comments generate the least.

Between these is the posts devoid of fact and strong on stance - which are low effort and generate a lot of followers.

If my goal is to attract followers, I would increasingly minimize research and analysis, and just take strong uninformed states on things.