English Explanatory Dictionary

follow4follow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. On social media services, the practice of following a user's account in exchange for said person to follow one's account back, usually with the goal of artificially inflating one's follower count.

Word forms

follow4follow

Etymology

Abbreviation of follow for follow, substituting for for the number which is pronounced the same; itself clipped from follow for a follow or follow for a follow back. Compare sub4sub.

Related words

join4join like4like
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