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The follow gate
Turn commenters into followers before the link lands.
How it works
- Turn on Follow gate when creating or editing a flow.
- When someone taps the flow's button, chatlasso checks whether they follow you.
- Followers get the link immediately. Non-followers first get your follow-ask message, then the link.
- When someone you asked comes back following, the flow that asked gets credited one follow gained.
The check fails open: if Instagram's profile API hiccups, the person is treated as a follower. A real follower must never be nagged.
Writing a good follow ask
Keep it human and short: "I see you haven't followed me yet, support the content by following, then here's your link!" The default works, but your voice converts better.