i am so bad at checking my notifications lately but i am sure this happens to me also! I am like you, i like to read, and so i read who i want to read. I love when i have new readers, and i always check them out, and sometimes i am a return reader of theirs, and sometimes their stuff does not resonate with me.
Like you i read who i want, i do not read just because someone reads me. I am nosy tho and will check out that persons profile.. and have found a lot of newbies i really like.
anyway, those hall monitor girls in high school are probably still monitoring someone, i always hated them