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Comment by DanBlake | Hacker News Reader

Before you jump to conclusions, please be aware its definitely possible that TP isnt doing this directly but that it is a bot doing this to get these users more followers or something.

Keep in mind most networks have this problem ( twitter, fb, etc.. ) where users will follow anyone/anything to get themself more followers or traffic.

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Valid point. I'll update my blog post. But it's difficult to believe that 3rd parties would be that interested in Tiny Post. I can understand 3rd parties interested in gaining followers on Twitter, Pinterest, etc. But Tiny Post? I would imagine they're facing more a traction problem (trying to get users using their app) vs 3rd parties trying to gain more followers.

If you were a 3rd party spammer/marketer company, and you thought Tiny Post was gonna be huge, you'd probably jump on it fast and spam the *$^% out of it.

So it's very possible it could be a spammer getting on board early.

True, but as a 3rd party spammer/marketer company why would you think Tiny Post is going to be huge?

Usually you'll need some indication that this is the next big thing, or at least that this app is taking off. I just don't see Tiny Post hyped in the press at all.

Also, looking at all the people these fake users are following, most of them aren't active and haven't posted much. Doesn't seem like a flourishing ecosystem where 3rd party marketers would be attracted to.

But then again, I could be wrong. I've added this point to my post and also I've tweeted the Tiny Post founders as well, hoping to hear a reply.

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