I have been there, it sucked to wake up everyday with a dropped followers count.

It did happen today morning as well.

However, as you said, it is for a greater good.

I recently wrote 7 new strategies gathered from the best writers on this platform, to experiment with them and grow my account.

Here's the link in case you'd like to join my journey and read them: https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/7-new-strategies-to-grow-on-medium-part-i-of-ii-parts-75d211116e48