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Re: how to remove unwanted follower on Soundcloud?

Post by TimWalter » Tue May 10, 2016 10:19 am

mojobone wrote:Excellent question, Russell. I'm afraid to check out some followers' pages for fear the songs' thumbnails might all feature a confederate flag. The Allman Brothers were the original Southern Rock band, and the first to stop using the battle flag in their imagery/merch, but it took 'til the 90s for Skynerd to get the memo. [I used to gig in Jacksonville, full disclosure] I'm kinda sad they took the Dukes Of Hazzard off the air, though; back then that image didn't mean nothing but a stiff middle finger, aimed at the Man. This might be hard to do, nowadays, but imagine growing up listening to Cheech & Chong records and never meeting an actual black person, 'til you were fifteen. When I did it was pretty awesome, cuz we had so much Motown in common; I turned him on to Maynard Ferguson, and he turned me on to P-Funk. I definitely got the better of that deal. Not sure why I'm free-associating like this, maybe it's the medication. [clears throat]

Anyways, the reason it's a good question is...I smell a story. ;)
Mojobone, I was reading through this thread, and when I got to your post, it caught me so off guard (cuz it is kinda off topic) that my funny bone was vulnerable and after reading your post I just spent about a minute sitting in my chair laughing out loud at your comic genius.. a minute of my life that I will never get back, but it was well worth it..

Thanks for your humor..

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Re: how to remove unwanted follower on Soundcloud?

Post by NaeDae » Tue May 10, 2016 7:58 pm

cassmcentee wrote:Personally I block all of the Junk followers for the sake of being Honest to myself...
But I do like the question "Why would it hurt?"
Anyone have experience with your music reaching more audiences due to the bots???
That would be the ultimate question... I think... Exposure, if it helps...
Or as in Hollywood... All Press is Good Press!
...if it makes you feel good to have multiple robots liking you then do it, we are living in the future! :P
Bots on soundcloud are like steroids in sports. You'll get ahead, and people will take notice, but ultimately your name isn't going in the hall of fame because all it takes is a brief look to realize you're dishonest and cheating.

What happens is these people pay for the bots services to fake social proof, which leads them to getting actual fans. From there, they might get some actual success. However, the success is small-time and short-lived. If any REAL success approaches them (like a record deal or something like that), I imagine it would look bad to the people hiring that the guy they're looking to do business with faked his own success.

Soundcloud isn't a place to get success overnight; it's a memory card for me to store my music on, and also a place to find people to collaborate with.

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Re: how to remove unwanted follower on Soundcloud?

Post by mojobone » Wed May 11, 2016 6:15 am

Yeah, it's not difficult for labels and other interested parties to learn exactly what's up with you as a writer or an act; you can buy plays, fans and followers, and obviously the labels know this, cuz they do it too. Either they're better at covering their tracks or journalists are lazier than music promoters. If too many of your Twitter followers have an egg for a profile, that's a red flag.

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Re: how to remove unwanted follower on Soundcloud?

Post by HenriettaAtkin » Wed May 11, 2016 2:39 pm

+1 Nae Dae

I want to be 100% transparent.

And speaking of ghosts, time to get to work on the ghostbusters listing :lol:

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