Great article, thanks for sharing...HAHAHA, Sorry, I couldn't resist. Okay, now on to my real comment; you've hit the nail on the head! Thankfully, these fakers are easily spotted. They might get one read out of me, or not, but they're pretty easy to suss out.
Some take it a step further, they give the "thanks for sharing" stock response then have the nerve to follow it up with something like, "here's a story of mine, also please follow me." Of course the unsolicited link is to an article what has nothing to do with whatever it is I wrote about. This is the best way to get me not to read or follow.
Crawfish mentality, I like that.