Sure it may increase your page visit count but it'll make people more leery of following you as you just tricked them for a page view.

This is right up there with making your favicon the secure lock icon.

Let's hope this is a joke and move on.

Effect after 1 month:

1.) People stop trusting/valuing the circle

or

2.) Instagram changes how they highlight stories.

Things I no longer read:

One weird trick

One simple trick

_____'s hate him!