Why Now Is the Worst Time to Buy Instagram Followers

It wasn’t great before either, but at least it was working!

Charles Tumiotto Jackson
Nov 3 · 6 min read
Photo by Kobu Agency on Unsplash

For a long time, until quite recently, buying followers was an easy and efficient way to build an account and to gain social proof quickly.

The general philosophy behind buying followers was that you launch an account, you buy thousands of followers…

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