Why don't we start calling paying for fake followers what it really is

Re:Why don't we start calling paying for fake followers what... by throwaway2016a on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:55PM (#16278314)

I have to wonder how many developers do this too. Or if they don't, use follow bots or some other method to get people to follow them.

I've seen a lot of developers post almost nothing in terms of quality content yet somehow have thousands of followers.

Meanwhile I try to post quality content and only have 600 followers. I have considered buying at some point but decided that I'd rather have fewer real followers than thousands of fake ones. And I've written books and spoken at dozens of conferences...

I can definitely see the argument that if I bought followers and a conference organizer or publisher used that as a metric by which to consider booking me it could be considered fraud.

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Re:Why don't we start calling paying for fake followers what... by threatofrain on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:12PM (#16279002)

I've started to suspect some Github projects are like that, but I wouldn't want to be wrong in calling a project out.

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Re:Why don't we start calling paying for fake followers what... by aoeusnth1 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @07:36PM (#16278851)

What’s your handle? :-)

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