Followers are key here on Steemit to get your posts noticed. It has stood out that a few posters have many followers in a very short space of time, recently and it has prompted me to look at what strategy they are employing to get followers.
Listing of accounts with > 500 followers and less than $50 in account value gives 24 accounts.
| Account | Followers | Following |
|---|---|---|
| lukekelley | 613 | 5250 |
| aaronkoenig | 574 | 311 |
| carlobelgado | 2076 | 19499 |
| bitcoinandcoffee | 767 | 3818 |
| joanaltres | 3274 | 24878 |
| zeroshiki | 677 | 7000 |
| followseveryone | 1488 | 14701 |
| rafaela | 561 | 5596 |
| applecrisp | 556 | 1001 |
| luke490 | 563 | 2358 |
| angelamei | 728 | 4794 |
| omrusman | 590 | 2963 |
| manycoolthings | 564 | 8193 |
| steemitmarket | 801 | 1 |
| joelbow | 636 | 2352 |
| seljalex77 | 725 | 6807 |
| anarcharos | 578 | 2191 |
| ivanba12 | 1095 | 6236 |
| gowldie | 723 | 12632 |
| tinoe | 758 | 25989 |
| q327k091 | 796 | 0 |
| rook | 911 | 5427 |
| mnviking | 665 | 2744 |
| freedomnow | 908 | 0 |
Ghost Accounts
Several of these accounts are from August in 2016, and seem like ghost accounts.
@ivanba12 has 1,095 followers, this guy doesn't seem to be a celebrity or anything, none of his posts have many votes or earn much dollars so how did he get 1,095 followers? He hasn't been active in 7 months.
@mnviking has 665 followers.
@freedomnow only has 4 posts but 908 followers. Again this account joined in August 2016.
@steemitmarket has 801 followers, this account seems to be some sort of spamming account but again hasn't been active in months.
How did these accounts get so many followers?
Real Accounts
@joanaltres describes herself as "Joan Altres, a Christian Anarchist, internet marketer, and software creator", she has 3,274 followers. She doesn't seem to write much, most of her feed is resteems.
@carlobelgado has 2,076 followers and hails from the Philippines. Carlo posted a great introduction post but Carlo hasn't posted many other posts, and his posts haven't earned a lot of votes or money so how has he so many followers?
What I have noticed about some of these accounts is that they are following a lot of people.
- @carlobelgado follows 19,499 people.
- @joanaltres follows 24,878 people
- @mnviking follows 2,744 people
- @tinoe follows 25,989 people
Is following so many people a successful strategy to gain followers? It seems to be but these accounts are not making much so maybe its a lot of effort for little gain.
Does anyone know about the accounts @ivanba12 @q327k091 and @freedomnow? What is the story with these? Where did they come from and where have they gone?
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