Chantel Jeffries accused of using Instagram bots to promote $5,000 giveaway Instagram: Chantel JeffriesPeople think Chantel Jeffries is using bots on Instagram after users complained they were being targeted by a slew of bots asking people to partake in her latest promotional giveaway. Chantel Jeffries is an Instagram sensation, DJ, and model who became well-known after she was rumored to be dating Justin Bieber back in 2014. Since then she\u2019s released her own music, even bringing out an updated version of the Zoey 101 theme tune with Jamie Lynn-Spears. Chantel has now racked up more than 4.6 million followers on Instagram, and like most social media stars, takes part in promotional giveaways and ads. Often these types of giveaways will ask that you tag friends, share on your own story or follow some other Instagram accounts in order to get a chance of winning. Chantel\u2019s latest giveaway asks eager entrants to follow a whopping 71 different accounts, and then comment saying \u201cdone.\u201d And if that wasn\u2019t enough to turn people off, Twitter users have complained that they are being harassed by bots in their private DMs, made evident by a number of strange Instagram accounts with zero followers asking them to enter. These IG \u201cgiveaways\u201d are getting ridiculous! I just got a DM request from an acct with 0 followers urging me to enter @ChantelJeffries prepaid VISA giveaway. Based on the comments, multiple others have also gotten DMs. Funniest part\u2026 you need to follow 71 accounts to enter \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/NBvnWLoeWW \u2014 Randi Savage (@randi_savage) April 21, 2021 All of the suspicious accounts seem to be sending the exact same message: \u201cHey @chanteljeffries just launched a $5,000 giveaway that\u2019s up for grabs! Check out her latest post for details on how to enter to win. Just wanted to share because I saw you follow her.\u201d Twitter and Instagram users are less than impressed, with one person drawing attention to the state of influencer promotions, saying \u201cThese giveaways kill me. Go follow 71 accounts, bring me a mermaid tear, travel to the highest mountain, and pluck fur from a goat. Jesus\u2026.you can keep your damn visa\u201d These giveaways kill me. Go follow 71 accounts, bring me a mermaid tear , travel to the highest mountain and pluck fur from a goat. Jesus\u2026.you can keep your damn visa \u2014 \ud83e\uddda\u2640\ufe0fjennjo\ud83d\udc8b\ud83d\udc84 (@Jennjo22) April 21, 2021 People are now speculating whether these are bots that Chantel Jeffries herself was using as a marketing tool to get higher engagement on her post. Even with a comment from Paris Hilton herself, the post has notably fewer likes than Chantel\u2019s other recent posts. Read More: What happened to Lil Tay? – Influencers have previously come under fire for allegedly using bots to increase their popularity. In late 2020, TikTok\u2019s most-followed creator Charli D\u2019Amelio was accused of buying followers and ridiculed as a result. Using bots on Instagram will do more than just turn off your followers \u2013 The platform itself vowed to crack down on bots in August 2020, announcing that it plans to ask suspicious accounts to verify their identities using a government-issued ID.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chantel Jeffries accused of using Instagram bots to promote $5,000 giveaway Instagram: Chantel JeffriesPeople think Chantel Jeffries is using bots on Instagram after users complained they were being targeted by a slew of bots asking people to partake in her latest promotional giveaway. Chantel Jeffries is an Instagram sensation, DJ, and model who became well-known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}