How do you judge comments for engagement?

Sometimes when looking at instagram accounts I see the same person comment like 5 times in a row spelling a word or spamming an emoji. Do you count this as real engagement? Thoughts?

No, hardly anyone comments like that and it’s usually an obvious sign of manipulation. Avoid.

Those are spams… Spamming can manipulate engagements only for certain period. When the page grows up it stops