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> that random appreciation in terms of "likes" is not a sensible measure of how much a person is worth I suspect many of the so called 'influencer' accounts b

> that random appreciation in terms of "likes" is not a sensible measure of how much a person is worth I suspect many of the so called 'influencer' accounts buy likes and followers. A quick Google for 'buy instagram followers' leads you down a rabbithole of merchants willing to sell you followers and likes. The thing to notice is: when you've gained traction and are over 10,000 followers, the followers that you do buy, become un-noticeable, because there's so much noise on the platform (no-one notices). This is why new accounts that suddenly have 1000 followers in 7 days is a red flag.

tomnipotent 5y ago
> called 'influencer' accounts buy likes and followers An entire cottage industry exists of boutique firms that specialize in creating bullshit content for influencers. You can see it in spades when you look at "Tagged" photos, and see fan accounts for people with 10k followers with video and image collages. There's also the big "agencies" that rep larger influencers that practice the same tactics, maybe with just a little more finesse.