Additionally it's increasing the @Klout score massively.
This tells you a lot about how much bullshit a lot of this stuff is.
I am currently using black hat tactics to inflate the following count of a twitter account and it's working as well if not better than here.
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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