I find that the more bots I have following me, the more I get, too. I will often double check if someone is a bot by seeing not only who they follow but who follows them. So not having bot followers makes you look more genuine.
What I find odd about here is that if you block people that doesn't remove them from your number of followers. (But yes, great to have the follower notifications.)
No, you no longer see anything from them, but they still technically follow you. It’s a limitation of a non-centralised system, which is both one of the best things about the Bluesky and one of it’s challenges.
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Malicious bots of often later turn into impersonation accounts, or people who send solicitous DM’s.