Gaining lots of new followers: What is happening on Steemit?

in steemit •  7 years ago 

I noticed that the last week or so my number of followers has been increasing exponentially. I was on 250 followers one week ago and now my "fan base" has grown to over 360.
It seems that every time I post a new blog I instantly get a lot of new followers. I've heard other people experiencing this as well, but I still don't know why this happens (if there's any reason for it). Does anybody have a clue what's happening?

Just as an experiment I'll be tracking whether this also happens after this blog. I will update you in a comment shortly after I post this blog.

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Yes, it is troublesome. I wrote about last week

You have some good points. Lets just hope this does not mess up Steemit too much.

To get more insight look at the comments under my post about the same issue from last week: https://steemit.com/steemit/@anouk.nox/what-s-up-with-all-these-instant-new-account-followers-after-publishing-a-new-post
many have this problem.. and after a few days of "rest" with barely any new followers, they are following me again after every post the last days.. I hope this will stop, it's annoying..

Indeed very annoying. Good to read the reactions under your blog. I surely will not be following these bots.

Me neither, I don't do follow for follow anyway.. ;)

Interesting. I’ll have to start watching my followers after I post. Thanks for the info.

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I'll be following your investigation!

And that are 12 more "active" followers: