It is different. The very nature of it is very different. With RT and follow skin giveaways (or anything that the demo you want to follow you loves), you are at least attracting the right audience. Bots do absolutely nothing for your engagement.
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Well, if a person with 150 followers doesnt increase their following based on 500 RT's then they are clearly doing it wrong. As for Twitch subs, thats hard cash, very different to gaining a twitter follower.
It’s a bit confusing to me as someone who has been trying to grow naturally. I’d love to chat about it if you ever find a free moment! 
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Sure, but I think the bottom line is you want to grow your following for a number of reasons, some of which are, sadly, aesthetic. If you choose to accept that, then almost anything goes in terms of building that following, though targeted following is better than bots of course.
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and I am not saying "go buy bots" far from it, I'd never recommend that, it just doesn't work. But running competitions that get shared to the demographic you want to follow you is just good social media.
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