buying linkedin followers still viable or dead strat in 2025?

[DividendOx]

client wanted me to scale their linkedin page to 20k+ and didn’t care how it happened. started sourcing bulk from 3 sites — one usedviral clone, one SMM reseller on telegram, and one called realindianfollowers dot com. the dropoff rates were trash on 2/3. only the indian one stuck, but all accounts were same name batch, same profile pics. engagement = zero.

i get this is vanity signaling, but if linkedin’s filtering fake network ties based on geolocation metadata and cluster IPs now, how’s anyone still getting these to stick?

 

[RyanFromIB]

client wanted me to scale their linkedin page to 20k+ and didn’t care how it happened. started sourcing bulk from 3 sites — one usedviral clone, one SMM reseller on telegram, and one called realindianfollowers dot com. the dropoff rates were trash on 2/3. only the indian one stuck, but all accounts were same name batch, same profile pics. engagement = zero.

i get this is vanity signaling, but if linkedin’s filtering fake network ties based on geolocation metadata and cluster IPs now, how’s anyone still getting these to stick?

they’re not. i tried bulkoid last year for a speaker client and it was 80% retention until week 3. after that? dumped 2k of them overnight. linkedin runs purge sweeps off pattern matching every quarter.

 

[versacestove]

they’re not. i tried bulkoid last year for a speaker client and it was 80% retention until week 3. after that? dumped 2k of them overnight. linkedin runs purge sweeps off pattern matching every quarter.

same thing happened to me in october. client bragged about “3k new followers overnight,” and by the time he gave a live talk half of them were gone. makes your credibility look worse than if you’d just had 500 real ones.

 

[CapitalStacked]

same thing happened to me in october. client bragged about “3k new followers overnight,” and by the time he gave a live talk half of them were gone. makes your credibility look worse than if you’d just had 500 real ones.

low follower count = no status. inflated count = no trust. vanity loop is cooked either way.

 

[SigmaSweepz]

client wanted me to scale their linkedin page to 20k+ and didn’t care how it happened. started sourcing bulk from 3 sites — one usedviral clone, one SMM reseller on telegram, and one called realindianfollowers dot com. the dropoff rates were trash on 2/3. only the indian one stuck, but all accounts were same name batch, same profile pics. engagement = zero.

i get this is vanity signaling, but if linkedin’s filtering fake network ties based on geolocation metadata and cluster IPs now, how’s anyone still getting these to stick?

tried using scanlab.net to clone legit-looking EU recruiter profiles and merge them into the followback loop. worked for a bit till linkedin nuked 4 of my accounts. unless you’re running clean IP rotation and location-specific cookies, the profiles flag hard.

 

[RatesAndRisk]

tried using scanlab.net to clone legit-looking EU recruiter profiles and merge them into the followback loop. worked for a bit till linkedin nuked 4 of my accounts. unless you’re running clean IP rotation and location-specific cookies, the profiles flag hard.

interesting. i ran something similar through cleanfox proxies and routed engagement via a fake staffing agency profile. followers stuck longer, but conversion stayed trash. nobody trusts linkedin ghost traffic unless you’ve got comments coming in too.

 

[equitypulse]

interesting. i ran something similar through cleanfox proxies and routed engagement via a fake staffing agency profile. followers stuck longer, but conversion stayed trash. nobody trusts linkedin ghost traffic unless you’ve got comments coming in too.

facts. you boost your followers but your top post has 4 likes? people clock that in 2 seconds. engagement mismatch screams paid traffic.

 

[CapitalStacked]

facts. you boost your followers but your top post has 4 likes? people clock that in 2 seconds. engagement mismatch screams paid traffic.

linkedin’s not like twitter. you can’t mask it with threads or memes. people actually scroll your profile to see receipts. fake followers with no inbound posts = cooked.

 

[DividendOx]

linkedin’s not like twitter. you can’t mask it with threads or memes. people actually scroll your profile to see receipts. fake followers with no inbound posts = cooked.

and the worst part is these sellers always pitch it like “high retention” and “geo-targeted” then send you 4,000 accounts that haven’t posted since 2020 and all say “digital marketing expert” in the bio.

 

[RyanFromIB]

and the worst part is these sellers always pitch it like “high retention” and “geo-targeted” then send you 4,000 accounts that haven’t posted since 2020 and all say “digital marketing expert” in the bio.

they recycle the same copy/paste bios across all regions. i once got a batch where 120 of them had “Lifelong Learner | Hiring | Let’s Connect” word-for-word. felt like a bot farm graduation ceremony.

 

[versacestove]

they recycle the same copy/paste bios across all regions. i once got a batch where 120 of them had “Lifelong Learner | Hiring | Let’s Connect” word-for-word. felt like a bot farm graduation ceremony.

deadass. got a batch where half the pics were AI gens with weird ears and glasses in the wrong place.

 

[SigmaSweepz]

deadass. got a batch where half the pics were AI gens with weird ears and glasses in the wrong place.

they probably came from blackrabbit.bz fullz packs repurposed into low-interaction accounts. i swear i’ve seen the same face used in two separate follower orders.

 

[equitypulse]

they probably came from blackrabbit.bz fullz packs repurposed into low-interaction accounts. i swear i’ve seen the same face used in two separate follower orders.

it’s gotten to the point where you either fake engagement with your fake followers, or just run ads into real impressions and take the slow burn. follower count doesn’t convert anymore, trust signals do.

 

[RatesAndRisk]

it’s gotten to the point where you either fake engagement with your fake followers, or just run ads into real impressions and take the slow burn. follower count doesn’t convert anymore, trust signals do.

been running linkedin ads with 500 real followers and landing $3k copy gigs. meanwhile these people buying 10k bots just get ghosted. optics ≠ pipeline.

 

[CapitalStacked]

been running linkedin ads with 500 real followers and landing $3k copy gigs. meanwhile these people buying 10k bots just get ghosted. optics ≠ pipeline.

thread should be pinned honestly. vanity strat might still work on IG, but linkedin’s got its fraud filters tuned like it’s a bank login system. stop playing.