These days the marketing game includes faking organic growth. Music artists do it all the time. Here's an example: https://dimelovi.com/# https://dimelovi.com

These days the marketing game includes faking organic growth. Music artists do it all the time. Here's an example: https://dimelovi.com/# https://dimelovi.com/# From the page: > We at Dimelo VI offer a complete set of marketing product and creative services focus on you, the artist as a brand and your fans. You the artist, take care of the stage and your music and we take care of the rest. > Not only we work on the artist development, we also work directly with fans to create a big impact on the social engagement of the artist. Making the Fans Closer to the artist is the key to make a hit go viral and make the best ROI. Translation: We have the means to increase exposure for you, the product, through popular channels. Tangibly that means shill accounts on Reddit, YouTube, probably HN, Instagram, etc. Before I deleted my reddit account (10 years old), I would regularly get private messages about getting paid for shilling. It's a real problem and it's totally affecting how I interact with the internet. Is this really a group of people excited about something? Or am I being fooled? And it's fair to ask what the difference is, but regardless of the answer it's also fair to have a stance on the principle. For me, don't lie to me to get me into your music/movie/game/whatever. I will actively avoid things being marketed like that.