If you see a large number of members in a group in a new project, then for sure it is manipulation. This is just a marketing strategy, which is used by some projects. I do not think that a large number of members will bring great success. Any project needs an intelligent investor, not a large number of bots.
I have to agree. it could be that marketing is doing well, but the project itself isn't really that good. btw, does anyone here know if Menlo One is a good project? It is launching a token sale this July & I think this is the first time there's ever going to be an ICO marketplace where. It's whitepaper can be viewed here
https://www.menlo.one Any thoughts?