LQ

LQ, short for low quality, is a catalogue label for services delivered by bare or bulk-created accounts, set by the seller and usually attached to the lowest rates on a price list.

The accounts the label describes have no profile picture, no posts and names that look generated, and they are created in large batches. That makes the service fast and able to take large quantities, and it makes the delivery easy to spot for anyone who opens the follower list.

It also leaves the delivery exposed to removal. Bulk-created accounts are the kind a platform cleanup is built to find, so LQ services are where drops are expected to be larger and to come sooner. Some LQ services carry no refill at all; the low rate is the whole offer. If you need a count to hold, compare the LQ rate plus the cost of reordering after a drop with the rate for a service that has a written refill window.

The label is honest in one useful way: a seller who calls a service LQ is telling you not to expect much. The risk runs the other way, when LQ-grade accounts are sold under a neutral or flattering name. Since nobody verifies labels, the only way to know which you have is to look at the delivered accounts after a small test order.

What it does not mean

LQ does not mean the order will fail to deliver or that the service is fraudulent; it can deliver exactly what the label says. It does not mean every account is a bot, although some may be. And it does not describe the panel: the same panel can sell LQ and HQ versions of the same service from different suppliers.