Wow that’s intriguing, that never happens to me—
My old little watches must really be quite uninteresting 😜
There has been a very steep increase in bot traffic and activity on Instagram since they added the ability to post new content directly from desktop browsers in the last couple of weeks so that may be a part of it too, I've noticed a pile of my posts including some very old ones being liked and re-posted by accounts that do nothing but post non-original copied content of late.
You are too kind, it’s always a pleasure to share my passion for my city— along with my enthusiasm for some of the beautiful or worn out or scratched up watches that I like.
that seems super interesting, can you please explain for those of us who are not so conversant on those processes? I don’t understand how posting content from browsers would enable bots, and are you saying those are bots liking our accounts? What do you mean by « accounts that do nothing but post non original copied content »? What purpose do they serve for whom and how does that apply to watches?
Wow, that’s crazy- it sounds almost unreal. So if a majority of those new likes are from bots, it means many of us humans may be posting in a complete void with an audience of machines.
Sounds like chasing after windmills, and quite pathetic. Might have to just go « private ».
…. Looking back at my account, it seems the heightened levels of «likes » started around late september.
Well I am a real live person who just started following you so there are some real folks out there on IG.
Might have to just go « private »
Added you before you went Private 😀 I’m not very active with posting, so I have no updates to provide engagement wise, but I do enjoy engaging with the people I follow and getting a glimpse into their world 😀 I also just followed you @Shabbaz gotta get on the ground floor before you go viral 😉 So, if you seen the name the_unpredictedjourney that is me
....With browser based posting enabled it’s a lot easier to script the process of scraping and posting content (phantomJS and other tools let you automate behaviour in a browser which is much easier than using apps) and generally pretending to be interactive users.
Added you before you went Private 😀 I’m not very active with posting, so I have no updates to provide engagement wise, but I do enjoy engaging with the people I follow and getting a glimpse into their world 😀 I also just followed you @Shabbaz gotta get on the ground floor before you go viral 😉 So, if you seen the name the_unpredictedjourney that is me
Nice topic.
To be honest, I've been experiencing exactly the opposite lately: I am still the same user, kinda basic -medium quality pics, medium quantity hashtags, no stories, no videos, just pics of my watches in the wild or wristshots- but in the last year my likes dropped by about half. I tried just after the summer to change something - my profile is now public, I tried different hashtags, some story- but nothing happened.
In the end I let it go because I still enjoy it anyway, but that was weird.
PS it may also take into account the level of discussions when you post a watch.. being a woman gives a certain level of visibility in the watch world, I’m in a big city and have attended get togethers -- that means when I post there may be some very kind and generous pals posting replies or banter and that will also heighten the activity on the account.
It could be, but as far as I'm concerned you must know that every single like I give you is well deserved because you post a lot of amazing watches and nice places 😀
