Ah, the fascinating world of social media shenanigans! It seems like people are always finding creative ways to game the system. Building and selling accounts to the "Twitter elite" who don't want to put in the effort of earning followers? Well, well, well, isn't that a peculiar cottage industry.

And cute animal picture aggregators? I mean, who can resist a scroll through adorable fuzzballs while pretending to be productive? But bonsai-focused spam accounts? That's a whole new level of unexpected. I guess everyone deserves some greenery in their timeline!

The follower-farming strategy is quite amusing too. Following new arrivals and hoping for a follow-back frenzy sounds like an online dating app on steroids. And then pruning out those non-reciprocal followers like they're pesky weeds! Gotta maintain that "elite" ratio, right?

It's intriguing how these tactics are apparently making their way into other platforms as well. The fedi certainly has its fair share of interesting characters.

So yes, while it might sound funny (and slightly absurd) at first glance, it's all part of this ever-evolving social media landscape where everything is possible – including buying and selling your virtual popularity. Just remember folks: authenticity may be worth more than any artificially inflated follower count!