kingsare2
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- Jul 21, 2011
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I've been taking a lot of interest in instagram's POP page, as everyone else is and while I was doing some snooping I realized something funny when I syumbled across Rihanna's instagram account.
The first thing I realized is that Rihanna's account wasn't getting a lot of comments. The most I seen on the front page was 5,000 comments. But she was averaging somewhere between 1,000 - 2,000. Don't get me wrong, that's great! But, considering the fact that she has almost 4,000,000 followers I think that's a bit fishy, especially because she's the 4th most followed person on Instagram. Not to mention that there are people with a lot less followers getting 60,000 comments on average.
Now normally I wouldn't pay too much attention to this but considering the fact that she was rapped up in that messy YouTube situation where her and a bunch of other DefJam artists had their views taken away, I had to investigate further.
I then later found that none of her recent photos have hit the POP page. Again, this is something that I wouldn't usually pay attention to but given the fact that I'm constantly trolling around BHW I'm well aware that the POP page is very coveted at the moment.
Another slightly related incident happend a year or two ago. A few of her tours had to be canceled, due to lack of ticket sales.
Are we on the verge of something here? Is Rihanna's fanbase one gigantic blackhat fraud that has gone on for way too long? Or it this merely a coincidence? I know one thing, I can't tell you the last time I or anyone has purchased anything Rihanna related (not counting Eminem's Recovery album) but I can most certainly tell you that I've been having her songs drilled into my head for the last 5 or so years.
The first thing I realized is that Rihanna's account wasn't getting a lot of comments. The most I seen on the front page was 5,000 comments. But she was averaging somewhere between 1,000 - 2,000. Don't get me wrong, that's great! But, considering the fact that she has almost 4,000,000 followers I think that's a bit fishy, especially because she's the 4th most followed person on Instagram. Not to mention that there are people with a lot less followers getting 60,000 comments on average.
Now normally I wouldn't pay too much attention to this but considering the fact that she was rapped up in that messy YouTube situation where her and a bunch of other DefJam artists had their views taken away, I had to investigate further.
I then later found that none of her recent photos have hit the POP page. Again, this is something that I wouldn't usually pay attention to but given the fact that I'm constantly trolling around BHW I'm well aware that the POP page is very coveted at the moment.
Another slightly related incident happend a year or two ago. A few of her tours had to be canceled, due to lack of ticket sales.
Are we on the verge of something here? Is Rihanna's fanbase one gigantic blackhat fraud that has gone on for way too long? Or it this merely a coincidence? I know one thing, I can't tell you the last time I or anyone has purchased anything Rihanna related (not counting Eminem's Recovery album) but I can most certainly tell you that I've been having her songs drilled into my head for the last 5 or so years.