I recently was followed by a gaggle of Instagram profiles that looked suspiciously like spam accounts. The words and phrases used in the profile bios were pretty interesting:

• Alcohol expert
• Tv geek
• Zombie maven
• Beer fan
• Zombie advocate
• Total problem solver
• Evil explorer
• Proud music ninja
• General organizer
• Unapologetic gamer
• Hipster-friendly bacon specialist
• General zombieaholic
• Travel nerd
• Web fanatic
• Friendly musicaholic
• Typical communicator
• Prone to fits of apathy
• Total food enthusiast
• Coffee lover
• Bacon buff
• Unapologetic web ninja
• Travel maven

Looks like their research pointed to the fact that “Zombie Advocates” tend to auto-follow other Zombie fans?

The “Pitch” in these bios was at the end:

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Right.

Okay, clearly some effort went into making these profiles “look” authentic. However, this is Instagram, so loading just a few photos might have been a good idea, right? Good grief.