It's so true man. What the newbies don't understand is that fake followers **are worse than** no followers. My soundcloud account has about 1,800 "fake" followers, the only account I've made that mistake on, and its an absolute hinderance. My tracks get the same amount of play regardless of the followers, so now my page looks bullshit and itll take years to even out.

Glad I avoided that mistake on Steem - 3,000 organic followers and counting!