Why You Should NEVER Buy Followers

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Why You Should NEVER Buy Followers

Buying followers is more popular than ever, But it’s a really bad idea with consequences. Here is why you should never buy followers for your blog or any of your social media platform:

People will know- People will definitely know that your followers are fake eventually. They’ll notice the lack of activity that comes from having organic followers.

Sponsors will know– Again sponsors will definitely know. Since their job is to figure out who would be the best to sponsor they’re going to look at your stats and realise your followers are fake due to the lack of activity on your blog.

It’s unethical- Blogging is not just about getting followers/likes it’s about writing and creating posts that people can genuinely enjoy. Although there is no official rule book people are still likely going to avoid your blog if they realise your followers are fake.

It’s unfair to real bloggers- Those of us who are attempting to grow our blog organically spend a lot of time and effort to do so. It’s not as easy as people assume it is and it takes a lot of effort for your blog to grow organically. I find it extremely wrong when someone chooses to avoid the hard work and buy followers instead especially when it’s super obvious and you just know their followers are bots.

Have you ever bought followers? Let me know in the comments below because I would love to hear about your experiences and thoughts on buying followers. Or simply stop by and say hi!


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84 responses to “Why You Should NEVER Buy Followers”

  1. yes totally agree with you!!! hard work pays off at the end 💪❤️

    1. Absolutely it’s way more worth it to work hard and get organic followers!

  2. The whole practice of buying followers is kind of stupid. Quality over quantity in this case is the preferred metric.

    1. Absolutely I couldn’t agree more!

  3. I heard that celebrities buy fake followers, I didn’t realize the average person could fake their popularity too, how desperate and superficial, yuck.

    1. It is just so sad that someone would buy followers. I only realized people do that on here when I noticed some blogs grow in a few days but they had very few likes and comments so I did some research and realized people just buy followers.

      1. So crazy! Yuck!

  4. Richard Le Sueur Avatar
    Richard Le Sueur

    People buy followers for blogs, Twitter and God knows what else.

    In my opinion it’s dumb and only injures any values one is trying to put forth with their blog.

    I’ve amassed seven followers, you being one of the first, and perhaps I will amass even more. Who knows. However I’ll do it by writing more and hoping people enjoy, or find interesting, what I write.

    That’s the way it works for me.

    1. It’s very sad that people do that. Blogging should be about writing not about followers/likes. I’m sure if you continue writing your blog will grow!

  5. Wow! I didn’t even know this was a thing. I guess I am hopelessly naive.

    1. It is unfortunately and I didn’t know either until I saw some suspicious activity on some blogs and looked into it.

      1. I really don’t know about this “brave new world”.

        1. It’s very sad how relatable that book is becoming.

          1. And rather frightening too

  6. Organic is the best. Buying followers is just stupid.

  7. Right on! No need to buy followers if you continuously put out meaningful content.

    1. Yes exactly!

  8. Completely agree!! It’s so silly that it’s become a numbers game.

    1. Yes it’s so ridiculous!

  9. So many of even organic followers are bots, and when I investigate, it appears to be true, based on their non-original content… I’m not sure what their purpose is, other than to perhaps take mine… so I keep removing them. I deleted 50 followers the other day. Though perhaps that’s not truly the organic way…

    1. Yeah bot followers is definitely a problem on here and on social media too.

  10. Very nice guidance, I didn’t like buying things.

    1. Thank you.

  11. I am shocked had no idea people buy followers even here. I am new just started my writing recently and the feeling that I have when I see someone liking or commenting in my post ,I wouldn’t want to change that for anything.

    1. Yes that feeling is so lost when you buy followers!

  12. well said, Pooja…

    1. Thank you!

  13. True….talk

  14. And why would anyone want to do that?

    So unnatural, they will not be REAL followers. :\
    You can’t buy people’s sympathy with money, but you can resonate within their hearts.

    And from a “business” standpoint they will not engage for real, you know. Awesome post Pooj! 😀

    1. Thank you and I totally agree it’s a loss both from the business standpoint and from the blogging standpoint. The best part about blogging is meeting all these amazing new people and sharing your content so in my opinion it’s like what’s the point of blogging if all your followers are bots.

  15. I didn’t know one could do that. Sad situation if you ask me 😬

    1. Definitely very sad.

  16. It is crazy to but bots, as that is what fake followers usually are. Or, if human, #fakefollowers are suspects, not prospects.

    1. Yup fake is fake. I would rather have earned my following through hard work.

      1. Observe road traffic. There will be someone trying to shortcut the route. It is a very bad human trait.

  17. Fake is fake, regardless if it is purchased or not. For myself, I write and blog because it brings great joy and challenges in my life. I don’t worry about bots and fake followers. trying to deal with that for me takes aways from why I blog in the first place.

    1. Yes exactly the point of blogging is not to gain followers! The point is to put out content that you enjoy creating.

  18. Great post.

    I also think that it’s important to also address the numbers-driven attitudes that lead to trying to get fake followers–an obsession with numbers, I think can also hurt.

    1. Yeah I understand wanting to grow your blog but numbers shouldn’t be your only priority. That’s definitely a big problem.

  19. wow I didn’t even know that was a thing…

    1. I found out about it recently and just find it so sad.

    1. Thank you!

  20. Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    THERE IS A GIVE AND TAKE TO BLOGGING—THERE IS! I REBLOG OTHER POSTS FOR THE CONTENT…AND…THAT THAT BLOGGER VISITED ME. 😀 GOOD THINGS FRESULT!

    1. Exactly it’s a two way street! Thanks for the reblog!

      1. Yowza, yowza! 😀

  21. I heard celebrities did that on Instagram and Twitter. Did not know that was a thing on here. I wonder about people liking my post who deleted their own profile. I have seen this a few times. What’s up with that?

    1. I’m not sure about that but I think those are bot likes. I’ve noticed that on my blog too.

  22. Hello.

    ” the lack of activity”. I’m posting twice in a month! Do you think that that I do not have activity? Personally, I think that not, because translating my posts into four languages takes time!

    Happy weekend!

    1. I would suggest posting as much as possible and staying frequent and scheduled when posting. Have a great day!

  23. I completely agree with you. I also think that the internet is too crowded with fake stuff and greed already.

    1. Agreed especially on social media where most of it is fake.

  24. I agree with you on that. It does not worth it to buy followers so that you can sponsors or whatever benefits you may want.

    1. Definitely not worth it!

  25. God that truly makes me cringe, I didn’t even know that ‘buying’ followers was possible. How sad… to be fair it’s hard to see how such a person is going to get anywhere with anybody that matters, anyway.

    Actually this post reminds me so much of this one:
    https://wordpress.com/read/blogs/156619501/posts/4687

    I guess in both cases it affects us as you say by being unfair on the ‘real’ writers/bloggers and diluting the quality of everything.

    1. Yeah it’s very sad that people would buy followers. I don’t understand the point for me it would ruin the experience of blogging.

  26. True… blogging is not easy…real hard work goes in….

    1. Absolutely!

  27. Thats rightly said. I am new to blogging but I cannot disagree with the fact that its doesn’t matter to a good writer wether people are following him/her or not. Its something secondary.

    1. Exactly it should be more about what you post then likes/follows.

  28. I’m another who didn’t know about buying followers. I don’t even know what a bot is!
    What I did notice was that I’d get ‘likes’ almost immediately a post was published. Sometimes a few from the same person. I eventually found out that I could check ‘messages’ and was amazed that loads had spurious words in. Common thread? They all wanted me to buy something / follow … I blocked them immediately.
    Thanks Poojah for great – and enlightening – post.

    1. Yeah a lot of people get bot likes or fake likes from people trying to get you to buy stuff. Glad you enjoyed the post!

  29. Oops. Apologies – got spelling awry. Thanks Pooja. XX

  30. It’s not just fake followers. A lot of people start on instagram and may gave 37K organic followers. When that happens, their blog grows super fast because they already had a following. However, the people that follows them do not use Wp.com and therefore there are no ‘massive likes’ or comments but the viewers are organic and they continue to get sponsorships. Like you said, a brand and a company knows. So even if it seems fake, if a person is getting sponsorship, it’s obvious they don’t have fake followers. On that note, a reputable blogger once said views are worth more than a like. Anyone can put a like and not read anything you wrote, therefore in that sense people are also not engaging with your post 🤷‍♀️

    1. Absolutely I totally agree!

  31. Hello again.

    You commented me back this: “I would suggest posting as much as possible and staying frequent and scheduled when posting. Have a great day!”

    When translating my posts into English, Spanish, French and Portuguese, can you understand that it really takes time to translate, if you want to check grammar correctly, checking the conjugation of verbs for example in which cases you must use subjective, inflecting adjectives, units, plural, feminine forms and masculine forms, language idioms, etc.

    None of these languages is not my mother tongue. Those who follow my blog, knows that I will publish on Wednesdays every second week! By doing this way, I have 633 532 hits and those visitors came from 211 countries around the world! Conclusion: my way to blog is producing result at least to me!

    I am quite sure that you did not check my posts and thus do not know anything about my country Finland. Did you know that in Finland you can meet Santa even in summer and in winter reindeer rides which are popular? Example:

    Reindeer rides and Santa

    Happy new week!

    1. I think you should stick with a schedule that wotks for you. As you pointed out your posts are unique in that you need to translate them into multiple languages. Have a great day!

  32. Never understood why people do this, honestly. Worse, though, are the people who buy followers for people they hate. It’s such a weird way to terrorize someone?

    1. It’s so weird! People buy followers/views for blogs they hate and it’s just so weird!

      1. Yeah I really don’t get it. If you hate someone that badly, why even waste your money on them?!

        1. Because it makes their blog less credible and sponsors will drop them assuming they have bot views/follows. I think that’s why but not totally sure.

          1. Oh no, it makes sense in that regard but like… Why would you waste your money on someone you hate? Lol. I feel like you’ve got some issues if you dislike someone for such stupid reasons as blogging, that you’d dump your money into purchasing a massive amount of fake followers just to discredit them- and if they did something legitimately deserving of discrediting, there’s way better ways of “getting back” at them lol.

            1. Yeah I really don’t understand how someone can honestly be that petty. It’s just sad that they would spend so much money, time and effort on sabotaging someone else’s blog.

  33. Love your wisdom here, as always! And thank you so much for following my blog!

    1. Thank you and you’re welcome!

  34. Great post here – I’ve just posted about this here if anyone is interested https://thestevensonlife.co.uk/2020/04/03/why-you-shouldnt-buy-social-followers

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