Skate brands and pros buying FAKE FOLLOWERS???

[Xen]

LOL, mods, why'd you delete my click farm post?

[Reese]

I keep reading FAKE FLOWERS

There's a lot of cute/well done fake/artificial flowers. Glad I looked them up

[somedudefromnj]

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I personally am fascinated by mikey taylor’s Instagram account. Although it is pretty obvious he’s bought hundreds of thousands of followers, every post has hundreds of mindlessly positive comments, which he then responds to each one with something mindlessly positive. Literally not one comment that has any kind of substance/humanity to it. Could he be faking/buying his own comments?

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I think so too. There was an "influencer" account I used to follow - the guy posted cool interior photos or his house, and fits  - and within 10 minutes of every post he'd have 30-40 comments from similar "influencer" accounts. Similar absent minded comments on every post, and he'd reply back with some generic thank you. Seems like a good scam he was running though, as it didn't seem to obvious he was fuckin with bots/automation.

the reason for this is instagram only pushes posts that are engaging. If there are no conversations on your posts they fall flat. Commenting back to everyone is the easiest way to make sure your post is seen.

The replies probably have no soul because Im sure he pays someone to run his page because honestly who the hell has time to reply to every meaningless response

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I personally am fascinated by mikey taylor’s Instagram account. Although it is pretty obvious he’s bought hundreds of thousands of followers, every post has hundreds of mindlessly positive comments, which he then responds to each one with something mindlessly positive. Literally not one comment that has any kind of substance/humanity to it. Could he be faking/buying his own comments?

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I think so too. There was an "influencer" account I used to follow - the guy posted cool interior photos or his house, and fits  - and within 10 minutes of every post he'd have 30-40 comments from similar "influencer" accounts. Similar absent minded comments on every post, and he'd reply back with some generic thank you. Seems like a good scam he was running though, as it didn't seem to obvious he was fuckin with bots/automation.

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I think a lot of this is "instagram pods." Basically groups you join (DMs or Facebook groups or whatever), and every time a pod member posts something, everyone else will go and like/comment on it. It's really weird and popular with Instagram photography. Example.

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'Staying on' on social media seems like too much fucking work. So glad I never got wrapped up in that shit.

this. Fuckk all that. Go outside and interact with people instead. its way easier

[FrenchFriedClownFingers]

i have a friend who did this and also lies about being am for venture

[tension]

i have a friend who did this and also lies about being am for venture

cool low key beilievable brag.

[essal]

you can buy followers, likes and comments. so even those who seem like they have surprisingly good stats are probably even worse if you were to look deep into it.

i wouldn't be surprised if some of those pros who comment on absolutely everything is just a script setup to like or comment on absolutely everything within the given parameters. they probably didn't do it themselves because they are idiots, but you can pay a local nerd a couple of bucks to set it up for you.

also didn't boardr have an instagram stat like the graph posted? and someone here posted mikeys obviously fake as fuck account gaining 100k+ in a day without doing anything- and it was removed off the site? that was gold.

[Owen]

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I personally am fascinated by mikey taylor’s Instagram account. Although it is pretty obvious he’s bought hundreds of thousands of followers, every post has hundreds of mindlessly positive comments, which he then responds to each one with something mindlessly positive. Literally not one comment that has any kind of substance/humanity to it. Could he be faking/buying his own comments?

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I think so too. There was an "influencer" account I used to follow - the guy posted cool interior photos or his house, and fits  - and within 10 minutes of every post he'd have 30-40 comments from similar "influencer" accounts. Similar absent minded comments on every post, and he'd reply back with some generic thank you. Seems like a good scam he was running though, as it didn't seem to obvious he was fuckin with bots/automation.

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I think a lot of this is "instagram pods." Basically groups you join (DMs or Facebook groups or whatever), and every time a pod member posts something, everyone else will go and like/comment on it. It's really weird and popular with Instagram photography. Example.

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'Staying on' on social media seems like too much fucking work. So glad I never got wrapped up in that shit.

Yeah far out the world is so weird these days. This text is from the FB pod link:


"About
In order to support one another and fight the limitations of the Instagram algorithm, I have created this Instagram pod so that we can stay easily connected! Think of this pod as a collective group of cheerleaders + engagement boosters who want to see you succeed.

This is how the pod works: whenever someone in our pod posts to Instagram, we all go ‘like’ and leave a genuine comment (4 or more words) on their latest post as soon as we can. A few minutes after posting to Instagram, come here into the group and comment with your favorite emoticon (or give us a few details about the latest post and explain how we can best encourage you). Then, the pod will get to work!

Please do not "follow" each other unless you are committed to commenting and liking daily. DO NOT ASK FOR FOLLOWS OR YOU WILL BE REMOVED. Too many followers who never like or comment cause you to fall in priority with the new algorithms.

This group is designed for you to engage with one another through comments and likes. We ask that each pod member posts no more than 1 Instagram post in the daily thread that they would like engagement on each day. Too many can get overwhelming. Please post the link in the daily thread started by an admin each day.

We also ask that each pod member must stay active in commenting and liking others posts. If you post in a thread, you must comment on AT LEAST 5 other instagram posts above yours.

We ask that on Facebook, you put a comment in the comments section of the image you have commented on (on Instagram) so we are able to ensure you are active in the group."

[Roisto]

Selfish opportunists. The worst people. Disgusting.

[weon]

I turned my account public for a hot sec and got 96% real followers, so yeah I guess error is around 4 or 5 percent?

[wake and bacon]

i wouldn't be surprised if some of those pros who comment on absolutely everything is just a script setup to like or comment on absolutely everything within the given parameters.

[DaveBYO]

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I personally am fascinated by mikey taylor’s Instagram account. Although it is pretty obvious he’s bought hundreds of thousands of followers, every post has hundreds of mindlessly positive comments, which he then responds to each one with something mindlessly positive. Literally not one comment that has any kind of substance/humanity to it. Could he be faking/buying his own comments?

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I think so too. There was an "influencer" account I used to follow - the guy posted cool interior photos or his house, and fits  - and within 10 minutes of every post he'd have 30-40 comments from similar "influencer" accounts. Similar absent minded comments on every post, and he'd reply back with some generic thank you. Seems like a good scam he was running though, as it didn't seem to obvious he was fuckin with bots/automation.

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I think a lot of this is "instagram pods." Basically groups you join (DMs or Facebook groups or whatever), and every time a pod member posts something, everyone else will go and like/comment on it. It's really weird and popular with Instagram photography. Example.

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'Staying on' on social media seems like too much fucking work. So glad I never got wrapped up in that shit.

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Yeah far out the world is so weird these days. This text is from the FB pod link:


"About
In order to support one another and fight the limitations of the Instagram algorithm, I have created this Instagram pod so that we can stay easily connected! Think of this pod as a collective group of cheerleaders + engagement boosters who want to see you succeed.

This is how the pod works: whenever someone in our pod posts to Instagram, we all go ‘like’ and leave a genuine comment (4 or more words) on their latest post as soon as we can. A few minutes after posting to Instagram, come here into the group and comment with your favorite emoticon (or give us a few details about the latest post and explain how we can best encourage you). Then, the pod will get to work!

Please do not "follow" each other unless you are committed to commenting and liking daily. DO NOT ASK FOR FOLLOWS OR YOU WILL BE REMOVED. Too many followers who never like or comment cause you to fall in priority with the new algorithms.

This group is designed for you to engage with one another through comments and likes. We ask that each pod member posts no more than 1 Instagram post in the daily thread that they would like engagement on each day. Too many can get overwhelming. Please post the link in the daily thread started by an admin each day.

We also ask that each pod member must stay active in commenting and liking others posts. If you post in a thread, you must comment on AT LEAST 5 other instagram posts above yours.

We ask that on Facebook, you put a comment in the comments section of the image you have commented on (on Instagram) so we are able to ensure you are active in the group."

"Think of this pod as a collective group of cheerleaders + engagement boosters who want to see you succeed."

Fuckin gronks

[dooley]

Of course. How else would Grizzly have a million followers, with less than 10 comments on most of their hideous trash?

Mikey Taylor is an unintentional comedian that's funnier than most famous ones - the only difference is I'm laughing at him, not with.