I don't think it's very effective anymore, you need to focus on meme content, that will help you reach the right audience.
You should think yourself do you go and watch the content if any meme page gives shoutout to it? Most probably no, so it won't work.
Can screw up the initial reach. If the meme account has majority of trash traffic already following it then you will also have the same trash on your page as well.
Adult traffics are not certain on meme pages but could try if any result, but making promotion using cloaking method to promote adult traffics is the option perfect for adult niche promotion.
Yes you are correct; it's so over done that people might even block your accounts. As far as meme pages go if they did a shout-out would you pause to just even give it a glimpse?
it's still effective, but not as "profitable" as before. Many meme pages now have too many ads, so viewers are used to it and click less often. If the content and target audience match, it will still generate traffic, otherwise, it's easy to waste money.
Hey, you're right — buying ads on popular meme accounts for adult traffic is heavily overdone and rarely profitable anymore. The traffic is mostly low-intent scrollers who click out of curiosity, leading to terrible conversion rates and high bounce. These pages are also saturated with similar offers, which makes detection and account restrictions happen much faster now. Most experienced advertisers have already moved away from this method.
