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Best Growth Hacks That Are Just Spam

The tactics everyone uses that don't actually work

Stop wasting $500/month on automation tools that get you shadowbanned.
๐Ÿ‘‘ #1 Pick

LinkedIn Bulk DM Automation

Mass message 500 strangers daily and watch your inbox fill with blocks

All 5 recommendations

Est. prices as of 8 Mar 2026

#1 ยท Various (Dripify, etc.) ยท Most Overhyped

LinkedIn Bulk DM Automation

$99/month

Mass message 500 strangers daily and watch your inbox fill with blocks

  • โœ“ Saves you 2 hours of manual spam
  • โœ“ LinkedIn's algorithm definitely doesn't hate it
  • โœ“ Great way to build a brand as annoying
  • โœ— 90% unopen rate, LinkedIn restricts accounts within weeks, costs $100+ to get unbanned
#2 ยท Various (Jarvee, FollowersUp)

Follow/Unfollow Bot (Instagram)

$49.99/month

Gain 100 fake followers a week before Instagram nukes your account

  • โœ“ Fully automated spam delivery
  • โœ“ Cheap entry point into account suspension
  • โœ“ Works great if you want shadowban
  • โœ— Instagram algorithm actively kills these accounts, watch time on Reels tanks, followers are 95% bot accounts with zero engagement
#3 ยท Various (Hunter.io, RocketReach)

Email Spray (Cold Email Tools)

$79/month

Send 1,000 identical emails and achieve a 0.2% response rate

  • โœ“ Database of millions of emails
  • โœ“ Templates that sound professional-ish
  • โœ“ Can technically say 'we sent outreach'
  • โœ— Emails land in spam, 95% bounce rate, kills sender reputation, ISPs blacklist domains, compliance violations risk legal issues
#4 ยท Telegram/Discord Communities ยท Budget King

Comment Pod Groups (Facebook)

$0-$25/month

Join a group of 50 people who all pretend to like each other's posts

  • โœ“ Free or cheap to join
  • โœ“ Feels like you're part of a community
  • โœ“ Technically generates engagement
  • โœ— Facebook algorithm knows pods are fake, post reach actually decreases, engagement is meaningless, wastes 30 mins daily for negligible impact
#5 ยท Various (Viral Loops, KickoffLabs)

Viral Loop Generators (Leadpages, ConvertKit)

$29.99/month

Promise users $50 Amazon gift cards for referrals nobody will actually claim

  • โœ“ Beautiful landing page templates
  • โœ“ Decent analytics dashboard
  • โœ“ Works if you have actual audience
  • โœ— Only profitable if you already have huge audience, attracts low-quality list signups hunting for prizes, conversion rates to paying customers near zero, unsustainable cost per acquisition