Asking for a friend.
What are the repercussions for creating an automated bot that would follow people who currently follow you?
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Top comments (3)
You'd end up giving control of who you follow, and therefore your feed, to other people.
You'd end up seeing a lot of crap content and spam.
Mmhh, I did not think of that.
Too much noise so little signal.
If the ToS and code of conduct say nothing about it, it’s probably fine.