nico on Nostr: what if there would be no "likes", no "followers counts", reposts counts... only just ...

what if there would be no "likes", no "followers counts", reposts counts... only just interactions. would we behave different?
Imagine there is no way to know if you have more followers than another person...

I know we tend to use sort of social approvals to find who should we follow. If I get a reply from someone I may check the profile and if that person has tons of followers maybe I should follow too but is that the right behavior? is that enough?

I know it's tricky and it's an easy metric to check manytimes.. I also scan through the most recent posts to see what that person is talking about and whether I'm interested in their feed...

here in Nostr I'm also following many based on followers just because I assume that person is posting frequently so then I get a more busy feed.. but that's just because we are starting here.. not sure that will be the criteria later on