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So I joined Bluesky over a year ago and have only ever posted a single message "Hi". I've also not liked or commented on any posts. Somehow (especially recently) I am getting followed more and more. I have over a hundred followers now. I'm guessing bots? It's the sudden recent surge over the last couple of months that's interesting.
The fuck??? I like posts all the time, followed 8 people, and have a few posts.....I have 3 followers.
You know, they need to make it appear alive and that there are interactions and users so the value raises and people are engaged.
It's how you make money as a company. For everyone else, mastodon.
Everyone else what? Everyone else that enjoys smooching of free labor? Lol I like Mastodon but this is just a stupid reason to use it.
If you think they're bots, you can just subscribe to a user-curated block list for bot accounts.