do likes and recasts from amps improve distribution on the feed?

logically you’d think so but I see a lot of people using it and getting very limited engagement beyond the acquired likes/recasts

it makes me wonder whether the algo is not “fooled” by a large one-time influx of engagement

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I've used gigbot's custom bounty to get people to use my mini apps before. Of course a lot of them are spammy users but it works. 

As for getting engagement I've had the same experience in both. I only use amps to get the attention of big accounts that follow me when they get a notification that I purchased a recast from them (I'm not even that worked either)

so you're saying gigbot works better or it faces the same issues?

gigbot you can buy the likes, recasts, follows for even cheaper

the algo isn’t showing those accounts buying engagement, and therefore I think, yes, the algo has shifted from processing “viral” as an accumulation of vanity metrics in short time span

but i actually am not convinced it materially increases the chances of trending

basically “buy a trending cast” 

no guarantee of interest or engagement

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yea i wonder if buying a few at a time spaced minutes apart would work

Yeah, logically it should help,engagement signals are engagement signals, right? but I’ve noticed the same thing. Some posts get a bunch of likes/recasts from Amps and still barely move beyond that circle. Makes me think the algo probably weighs organic engagement more heavily, or maybe it flags sudden spikes as inorganic

Have tried inflynce a few times and can’t say it’s had any impact algo/leaderboard-wise. Still useful if I want to send a message out to reach a wider audience like giveaways etc through recasts so it still has value. To be honest I’m actually glad it doesn’t impact leaderboards as buying your way up the board feels… slimy.