I don't think they're saying it never happens, but I've heard similar reports to OC. It's a measure taken to normalize the accounts— it muddies the water. That

I don't think they're saying it never happens, but I've heard similar reports to OC. It's a measure taken to normalize the accounts— it muddies the water. That way, they look more like average personal accounts than obviously paid-for followers. The costs on the click-farm side is averaged out so they just have the "clickers" or bots follow a huge variety of people and companies while also putting the most backing to the accounts belonging to whoever hired them.