Are people getting away with the "follow 1000s and then unfollow" Twitter trick? [closed]

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Published on 2012-12-04T13:51:47Z Indexed on 2012/12/04 17:21 UTC
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It seems that more and more people are trying to 'cheat' their way into more Twitter followers. The basic mechanism is:

  • Follow thousands of people on Twitter with the hope that they'll follow you back.
  • Once it reaches a point you're happy with, start gradually unfollowing them.
  • That way, at the end of the day, it'll look like a lot of people follow you unconditionally.

I've seen self-proclaimed social media and SEO experts do this. It's clear they want to look influential — and will use black hat social media tactics to do so.

I can see how it can work, so is Twitter letting them get away with it? Should it?

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