There would still be competition for attention. If I want my ideas propagated, then I want lots of real people actively reading my tweets (or re-tweets of my t

There would still be competition for attention. If I want my ideas propagated, then I want lots of real people actively reading my tweets (or re-tweets of my tweets). Fake followers do not read my tweets, and by and large nobody reads what they re-tweet. Their only use is to put a big # on my profile. Removing that prominent # only breaks twitter for bots.