uSocial Sells Twitter Followers By the Thousand

bfire writes to tell us that marketing firm uSocial has decided to apply a new monetization scheme to the Twitter service by providing packages of followers for purchase. "According to the firm, a single Twitter follower could be worth $0.10 a month. It is selling followers in various packages, starting at 1,000 for $87, which is delivered in seven days, and going all the way up to 100,000 followers at a cost of $3,479, delivered over a year." This is just the latest in a number of different exploits and problems of the Twitter universe as individuals try to subvert a popular tool into a self-serving device.

Re:So what?

[tomhudson]

... because nothing says "loser" so much as "I'll pay you to be my friend."

The median twitter user [itnews.com.au] makes one post, then abandons the account.