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Question about McKinney's 135,000+ Instagram followers....

Posted on: September 18, 2019 at 23:28:43 CT
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Zodiac and wutang are claiming that one of our recruits — Mario McKinney — has 3 times more fans on social media than Mizzou Basketball and almost as many fans as KU basketball, and they're basing this on their Instagram follow counts:

• KU Hoops (@kuhoops)     - 157k followers, 1635 posts
• McKinney (@hoodierio)   - 135k followers,   49 posts
• MU Hoops (@mizzouhoops) -  41k followers, 2440 posts

Here's zodiac's post claiming that McKinney could make 6-figures/year off his 135,000+ Instagram followers: http://www.tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=16437457

When I pointed out to zodiac & wutang that it's easy to inflate your follow count via bots and auto-follow networks, they insisted that all 135k of his followers are *legitimate* fans: http://www.tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=16437505

When I asked them point-blank if they think McKinney has as many fans on social media as KU basketball, the answer was an astounding 'YES': http://www.tigerboard.com/boards/view.php?message=16437687

I'm not sure if wutang & zodiac simply can't admit when they're wrong, or if they really are gullible enough to believe that a high-3*/low-4* high-school player could have virtually the same number of fans on social media as KU basketball.

My question is whether the rest of you agree with them on this.

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EDIT: This is not meant to be a jab at McKinney. He's a great player and I can't wait to see him play for Mizzou. There's nothing wrong with inflating your follow counts on social media, but there is something wrong with believing that a 3/4* high school player has more fans on social media than most P5 basketball programs.





Edited by zounami at 23:57:50 on 09/18/19
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Question about McKinney's 135,000+ Instagram followers.... - zounami MU - 9/18 23:28:43
     It's legit. - JayCross MU - 9/19 14:10:30
          very strong following... as strong as KU basketball.... - zounami MU - 9/19 14:18:07
     It all seems pretty silly to me. - ERB KC - 9/19 09:58:29
          That was the point... - zounami MU - 9/19 14:09:43
               I wasn't whining, Sue - ERB KC - 9/20 16:04:50
     you really felt the need to post this?(nm) - Mizzmi27 MU - 9/19 09:49:00
          as much as you felt the need to reply (nm) - zounami MU - 9/19 14:02:29
     This websites lists his real followers at 63% - ChinaTiger KC - 9/19 08:53:24
          Now it says 60% and in 12 hours his follow count has - zounami MU - 9/19 14:02:20
               This is pretty much all incorrect.(nm) - zodiac6 JC - 9/19 15:21:08
                    we can agree to disagree, but I'll conclude by saying... - zounami MU - 9/19 15:34:41
          RE: Advertisers have been getting ripped off before this - Legend MU - 9/19 09:45:36
     why should any of us give a fvck how many followers - Jeff85 MU - 9/19 08:17:42
     Seems like a strange battle to fight - Hickeytime MU - 9/19 07:38:44
          agreed, it was very strange which was the point.... - zounami MU - 9/19 14:14:51
          I agree - zodiac6 JC - 9/19 13:54:02
               and yet, you started it, continued it, and still won't admit - zounami MU - 9/19 14:04:09
                    Can’t admit I’m wrong when my point is objectively true - zodiac6 JC - 9/19 14:53:43
          They don't call it Tigerbored for nothing - alwaysright MU - 9/19 07:48:09
     You sound pretty defensive(nm) - BOILERTIGER MU - 9/19 07:07:45
          why does anyone use the follow services?... most of them - zounami MU - 9/19 14:22:23
     BTW, this isn’t a “belief” - zodiac6 JC - 9/19 02:37:36
     You were already wrong on one board - zodiac6 JC - 9/19 01:57:48
     Pipe down Sue(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 9/19 00:34:57
          Your first post in 3 weeks... I'm flattered. (nm) - zounami MU - 9/19 01:02:19




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