FL bad idea for new user?

Hey Everyone,
I'm a photographer/graphic designer whose had a personal IG account for awhile, but really want to utilize it for my business more.

Just recently I've started being more aggressive about SEO and want to grow my IG account from a pitiful 200 to at least 5k. So far, I've been manually following, liking accounts in my niche, but it's slow going.

I've been reading alot about IG changing the algorithms and affecting the engagements received which has me concerned. I was considering buying FL to build up my presence more, but I was wondering if I would be better off doing it manually because of the recent IG changes? Would you still suggest a new user use FL or if you were starting over just do it manually, especially with IG ads coming into play?

It doesnt worth to use FL if you have 1 acc only
Keep doing manually

I don't see why it would be a bad idea if you can afford to pay it

You can definitely use FL for brand new accounts, it's all about how aggressive your settings are. Start by following 400-500 people a day.

I have used FL and its not doing the job for me so currently i sign up with a service growmyinsta, and they are managing all of my accounts. I have started a journey thread here on BHW but im not updating daily, planning to update it in a few days so il keep you updated when i do so you can see my result
Thanks and i hope this helped you.