I heard about this phenomenon from a friend of mine a few months ago and thought he must be mistaken. Apparently he's not.
There's an underground market of fake twitter followers that you can purchase.
Why would you buy fake twitter followers? To make you or your company look more popular or powerful than you really are. According to the article, you can buy a thousand or so fake followers for only $18 or so.
I currently have a whopping 386 followers.
But at least all of them are real.
