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    Hey,

    I was just wondering about all these accounts with 2k followers. I get spammed everyday by people following and then removing the follow.

    Is this some sort of bot? If so I don't understand what they could gain from following, and then removing the follow after a short period of time. The only thing I could come up with is that they want to abuse the email I receive saying "X has started follow you", "If you want to get updates on X tracks and comments you can start following X too".

    Have I missed something here, or is it simply abuse from some random bot?

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    Basically they follow you in the hopes that you follow them back to increase their followers number. Probably not bots.


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    Heh, it seems like they go through so much effort. I mean 2000 effin follows, and I get a couple of these emails per day. All with the same pattern, a profile with 2000 follows, but of course no longer following me.

    It bums me out as I like to follow people that follows me, but I don't want to support this abuse.
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    It is annoying man i find my follower count is always juggling up and down and is never static its pretty annoying lol

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    hey follow me on SC! kthxbye
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    Quote Originally Posted by JesC View Post
    hey follow me on SC! kthxbye
    Followed. Please follow me back so I can unfollow you. kthx.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Xonetacular View Post
    Followed. Please follow me back so I can unfollow you. kthx.
    whoa i thought i was already following deadmouse5
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    People do it on instagram as well its so stupid some people must be so fragile if they desperately need followers that bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by karma View Post
    People do it on instagram as well its so stupid some people must be so fragile if they desperately need followers that bad.
    can you follow me on SC? kthnxbye
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