{"id":9212,"date":"2026-03-03T18:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/question\/could-cheaply-buying-followers-or-engagement-likes-comments-ever-be-a-good-idea\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:14:44","slug":"could-cheaply-buying-followers-or-engagement-likes-comments-ever-be-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/question\/could-cheaply-buying-followers-or-engagement-likes-comments-ever-be-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Could cheaply buying followers or engagement (likes, comments) ever be a good idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Considering all the potential downsides, such as ruined reputation or the risk of being banned, are there any situations in which making such a purchase could ever be beneficial? How can brands detect and react to influencers who engage in these practices? Is there any potential long-term damage to a creator&#8217;s profile or audience trust by artificially inflating their numbers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","question-category":[55],"question_tags":[],"class_list":["post-9212","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-platform-setup-best-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question\/9212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question-category?post=9212"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flinque.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question_tags?post=9212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}