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malaise

(268,998 posts) Sun Jan 28, 2018, 06:12 AM Jan 2018

The Follower Factory

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html?&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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The Follower Factory (Original Post) malaise Jan 2018 OP

There's no there, there. Mc Mike Jan 2018 #1

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)

1. There's no there, there.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun Jan 28, 2018, 07:48 AM

Jan 2018

"...In 2015, Jeetendr Sehdev, a former adjunct professor at the University of Southern California who calls himself “the world’s leading celebrity branding authority,” began buying hundreds of thousands of fake followers from Devumi.
He did not respond to requests for comment. But in his recent best-selling book, “The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells,” he had a different explanation for his rising follower count. “My social media following exploded,” Mr. Sehdev claimed, because he had discovered the true secret to celebrity influence: “Authenticity is the key.” "

Fame.. puts you there where things are hollow.

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