follow4follow

noun

On social media services, the practice of following a user's account in exchange for said person to follow one's account back, usually with the goal of artificially inflating one's follower count.

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Meanings

nounfollow4follow (uncountable)
  1. InternetuncountableOn social media services, the practice of following a user's account in exchange for said person to follow one's account back, usually with the goal of artificially inflating one's follower count.

Origin

Abbreviation of follow for follow, substituting for for the number which is pronounced the same; itself clipped from follow for a follow or follow for a follow back. Compare sub4sub.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 互關 /互关
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APA

follow4follow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow4follow

MLA

“follow4follow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow4follow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “follow4follow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow4follow.

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