One reason I have follow requests turned on just manifest itself:
A no-name news account sent me a follow request, so of course I check it out. It's a no-escape aggregator whose own website is structured like the worst aspects of social media, and whose about-page proudly boasts its content as AI slop.
No, thank you. If I wanted to drown in oceans of either terrible news or terrible slop, I wouldn't be here. And frankly, newsy sloperator, neither should you.