Spent $300 on a "growth" course that promised my posts would go viral, and the only thing that blew up was my ego

Holly Wilson · 2026-10-21T23:10:02.956138+00:00

The whole thing was built on a fake engagement group. Everyone in it just liked each other's stuff to trick the algorithm. It worked for maybe two weeks, then the reach tanked worse than before. $300 down the drain for something a free YouTube video could have taught me in 20 minutes. Has anyone else paid for one of these "viral secrets" things and actually gotten results, or is it all just bots trading likes?

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