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