> [Selling fake Twitter followers] can only work if the people automatically creating fake Twitter accounts (used to follow others) do a better job than the dat

> [Selling fake Twitter followers] can only work if the people automatically creating fake Twitter accounts (used to follow others) do a better job than the data scientists supposed to catch them. The creator only needs to evade detection in the creation and early account phases. Spam accounts seem to be detected and removed within a month, based on my experience purchasing bulk followers for pranks. (It's seriously confusing and a bit worrying for someone to wake up with an extra 5,000 followers, though only until they figure out they're not real.)