It has skyrocketed lately: bots that just follow a bunch of people. And that’s all they do. They always have a female name and an attractive woman as a profile pic. They never make any posts, ever. They always follow hundreds or thousands of other people, and have 10 to 20 followers. As far as I can tell they all joined between July and November of 2023.
What’s the point? It’s gotta be some kind of scam, but what’s the scam?
Edit: I found one that actually made a post! https://i.imgur.com/ukAasU6.png Keep in mind this is the only post they ever made, and it is not in response to anything. It is just a stand-alone post.
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Buying followers is a very lucrative for up and coming influencers. You want to appear big so people follow your brand. That brand gets you money shilling garbage products like manscape.
The point of the bots following randoms is that it helps avoid detection of both the account being a bot and the account buying follows. If they only followed certain accounts, it is easier to detect. They follow a bunch of randomness to appear real.
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