With how social media now works, buying likes and views is a great way to setup a project to fail. Proxy marketing can work sometimes, but platforms like Facebook and Instagram have become really smart at identifying and subsequently blocking (or shadow banning) accounts that make use of "fake likes" and "fake view" profiles.
Ask yourself this: Is this something you want to be successful in the long run, or is it something you can afford to scrap in a month or two and start over? If you want to take the long run approach, then buying likes or views is a definite no-no. Rather focus on creating great content. The content first approach is more time consuming and takes longer to show results, but the reality is that there are no shortcuts in digital marketing.
