Follow-for-follow or repost-for-repost schemes
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What triggers it
Coordinating to trade likes, reposts, replies, follows or views ('follow for follow', 'repost for repost', engagement groups), or paying for engagement.
What X says
“coordinating to exchange engagement in any X features, such as Likes, Polls, Replies, Reposts, Lists, Views, or Follows;”
We last checked this against X's page on .
How to fix it
Remove engagement-trade offers and follow-train language.
Good to know
Look for #F4F, #R4R, 'follow train', 'drop your @ and I'll follow back', 'like and I'll like yours'. A single genuine 'what do you think?' is fine.
Can FYProof spot it?
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Related X rules
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