Love Triangle star accused of buying 130,000 Instagram followers to boost her profile | Tech Reddy

A contestant on Stan’s Love Triangle series has been accused of buying more than 130,000 Instagram followers in an attempt to boost their online presence.

Fitness instructor Patrick Hong has raised eyebrows after his students mysteriously increased without explanation.

Hong’s followers have increased by 131,500 in the last 30 days, which is a different growth compared to her co-stars, who only have a lot of followers.

Love Triangle star Patrick Hong (pictured) has been accused of selling more than 130,000 Instagram followers after starring in original series Stan.

Social Blade’s statistics show that its followers have jumped by the thousands at once without explanation, indicating bot activity.

Many nicknames contain false information and different combinations of numbers and letters. Patrick has many fans with a nickname like this.

‘Two days before the last episode he only had 4,000 followers… two days later his count increased by 10,000 and 20,000 but no one was commenting or liking it his videos,’ the co-star, who wishes to remain anonymous, told Daily Mail Australia. .

Social Blade data shows that Hong’s number of followers has increased by 131,500 in the last 30 days, which is a different growth compared to his co-stars, who have several thousand people. following them.

‘If they were real students he would have got his new girlfriend, but it’s still close to 1500.’

“The sad reason Patrick’s fan bought it was because he wanted constant validation from people because he was so insecure about himself,” they added.

One of Hong’s co-stars says the wannabe body influencer filmed himself buying followers and then boasted that he had the most followers from the show.

‘Two days before the last episode he only had 4,000 followers… two days later his count increased by 10,000 and 20,000 but no one was commenting or liking it his videos,’ the co-star, who wishes to remain anonymous, told Daily Mail Australia.

‘He was quick to raise the bar for having a blue badge. He really wanted to use her as an inspiration after seeing how quickly people on other shows like MAFS made a living after going on the show, and it didn’t happen. ‘

‘He just wants to pretend and prove he’s a teacher online because he now has a blue badge. He has his own Instagram account that he uses for the show but when he “deletes” it and uses it the only thing he has is his business account…It’s convenient.’

Verification on Instagram comes with many algorithmic advantages, because the account will look better to potential marketers.

When reached for comment, Patrick laughed off the claims and said: ‘Thank you for the green updates. Tell them it’s about $100 a runner if anyone wants it’.

100,000 ‘instant’ Instagrams can be purchased for $742 AUD.

‘He just wants to pretend and prove he’s a teacher online because he now has a blue badge. He used to have a personal Instagram account that he used for the show but then he “discontinued” and used the only thing he had was his business account,” they added.