{"id":141169,"date":"2020-08-12T17:04:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=141169"},"modified":"2020-08-12T17:04:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:04:53","slug":"bots-invade-instagram-reels-in-less-than-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/bots-invade-instagram-reels-in-less-than-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Bots invade Instagram Reels in less than a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Barely a week after its launch, Instagram Reels is already suffering from the arrival of the dreaded bots and fake visits. Scammers were selling Reel visits on multiple websites just hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/will-instagram-reels-replace-tik-tok\/?lang=en\">TikTok<\/a>&#8216;s new rival landed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141166\" src=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/highxtar-instagram-reels-bots-1.jpg\" alt=\"Reels\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/highxtar-instagram-reels-bots-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/highxtar-instagram-reels-bots-1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/highxtar-instagram-reels-bots-1-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/highxtar-instagram-reels-bots-1-973x604.jpg 973w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/highxtar-instagram-reels-bots-1-508x316.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Business Insider,<strong> 100 likes on a <a href=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/instagrams-done-with-snapchat-now-its-tiktoks-turn\/?lang=en\">Reel<\/a> only cost 75 cents<\/strong>. The heads of these botnets have revealed that they have already received orders from some 80 users for 11 million views on the new platform. Although they have not revealed the exact amount of money they have made through the new sale, they did mention that the profits from <strong>their business are &#8220;enough for a good car and a decent house&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is that<strong> cheating is never good<\/strong> and, in particular, bots damage the social network. 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