Money can't buy friends, but it can buy Twitter followers

> It seems these services are used as ‘seed followers’ to convince people of their legitimacy.

Crowd begets crowd?

This has been going on for years and presumably, will continue for the foreseeable future. Out of sheer curiosity, I too have tested this personally in the past, and did not find ANY benefits in terms of attracting genuine followers. Anyone with other/different experiences?