Growing organically on Discord can take time: fewer friends can mean lower visibility, reduced reach for DMs and server invites, and slower community growth. Buying friend requests is marketed as a shortcut to jumpstart engagement, increase discovery, and populate friend lists so you can promote servers, events, or content faster. However, shortcuts come with tradeoffs — the difference between useful growth and noisy, spammy followers often depends on the provider and how you accept the requests.