Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.
Tyron Love: I would say no. But, Google surprises me every day! Not a tactic I would consider.
Steve Gerencser: Are there potential customers on that site?
Alan Bleiweiss: The only "dofollow" links from Hubpages that are worth any value are those that exist within the most strictly curated content pages within the Hubpages system. So that brings us to Steve`s question. Are there potential customers on those strictly curated content pages? And are the targets of those links high value pages that would be helpful to those prospective customers? Or is any of it artificial without regard for respect of human consideration?