12 votes

For sale: Instagram account, lightly used

2 comments

  1. cptcobalt
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    While it's against the TOS, I don't know if I'm actually too opposed to this practice, so long as it's not too jarring. I know that I follow/used to follow two accounts that got sold. One I've...

    While it's against the TOS, I don't know if I'm actually too opposed to this practice, so long as it's not too jarring. I know that I follow/used to follow two accounts that got sold.

    One I've kept with, because it has stayed within my content/editorial interests. The one that I've unfollowed became an ad-laden personal instagram of a wannabe influencer.

    4 votes
  2. Algernon_Asimov
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    I learned about a similar trade in Reddit accounts a few years ago. It seems people will buy anything these days in the name of advertising.

    I learned about a similar trade in Reddit accounts a few years ago. It seems people will buy anything these days in the name of advertising.

    3 votes