A social media influencer, Lili, was found to have fabricated her entire online persona. She created fake followers, fan clubs, and even friends to appear popular and gain brand deals. Her Instagram profile had around 1 million followers, but only 10,000 were active, and her engagement rate was less than 1%. Investigation revealed that she had bought followers and created fake accounts to comment on her posts. She even created fake friends with their own profiles and personalities. When her scheme was exposed, her mother tried to silence critics by accusing them of cyberbullying, resulting in some Twitter accounts being suspended. Despite the evidence, Lili and her mother continue to deny any wrongdoing.
Here are the extracted facts:
1. The subject of the discussion is a person named Aline or Lili.
2. She has 974,000 followers on Instagram.
3. She previously had 1 million followers on Instagram.
4. She has a YouTube channel with only 5,000 subscribers.
5. She produces content related to makeup.
6. Her engagement rate on Instagram is less than 1%.
7. She had only 10,000 active users out of 1 million followers.
8. She appeared on the cover of a magazine, but it was later discovered to be a montage.
9. She created fake fan clubs and followers on Instagram.
10. Her fake followers were created to make her seem more popular.
11. Some of her fake followers were created to comment on her posts and make them seem more real.
12. She responded to comments from her fake followers as if they were real people.
13. Some of her fake followers had profiles with photos taken from Google Images.
14. She created fake friends and personalities to interact with on social media.
15. Her mother defended her on Twitter, accusing people of cyberbullying her.
16. Some Twitter accounts that commented on the subject were suspended for violating spam and manipulation rules.
17. Lili's mother's Twitter account was not suspended.
18. Lili's fake followers were deactivated after the truth was discovered.
19. Around 200,000 accounts were deactivated.
20. The research on this subject was done by a foreign channel called Prime Tito.