At many social networking sites, a follow (or connection) is considered an endorsement. It means the follower either knows the person being followed or has heard of them.  

That's not the case at DealStream where most of our follows are generated by software (our connection engine) and not by people. 

At DealStream someone with a lot of followers isn’t more trustworthy than someone with just a few. It probably means they work in an industry and live in a location with lots of DealStream  members.