Yahoo! News Singapore, 28 Aug 2012
A check with five such “Social Media Agencies” selling fake followers showed that from making up just 5 per cent of their total clientele in 2010, Singaporeans now form 30 per cent of their customer pie – or about 5 million followers have been distributed to Singapore-based twitter accounts in the past two years.
A Yahoo! Singapore street poll of 90 Singaporean youths aged between 16 to 25 also showed that 9 out of 10 of them suspected that local bloggers and “personalities” buy Twitter and Facebook followers and fans to pad their resumes. Five out of 10 interviewed even admitted having friends who did it to boost their own popularity.
“If people see that you have lots of followers, they usually assume you’re popular and will follow you to see what the hype is about,” said SMU undergraduate Penelope Low, 24, an avid social media user who is plugged into Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram 24/7. Full story
