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originally posted by: Speedtek
Far easier to shout FAKE rather than to find the truth now? That is the opposite of denying ignorance.
There’s a dark secret amongst social media pros, and you’re not going to like this. The purchase and use of fake followers by small to mid-sized social media agencies is rising as a “black hat” tactic on Twitter, which released its IPO on Wall Street today.
D.C. media stalwarts Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei (formerly of Politico, now of Axios) broke down Trump’s media habits in a short article on Tuesday morning. No books, lots of TV. Newspapers, but only certain ones. Lots of political talk shows, both on the nets and on radio.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: neo96
That is circumstantial evidence and not direct evidence that the white house leak tweets are fake.
Some of the accounts have been used to fake follower numbers, send spam and boost interest in trending topics.
On Twitter, bots are accounts that are run remotely by someone who automates the messages they send and activities they carry out. Some people pay to get bots to follow their account or to dilute chatter about controversial subjects.
There’s a dark secret amongst social media pros, and you’re not going to like this. The purchase and use of fake followers by small to mid-sized social media agencies is rising as a “black hat” tactic on Twitter, which released its IPO on Wall Street today.
"It is difficult to assess exactly how many Twitter users are bots," said graduate student Juan Echeverria, a computer scientist at UCL, who uncovered the massive networks.
He gets bored, they said. Bored? HOW is that possible? He said "It's not as fun as I thought it would be."
originally posted by: LanceCorvette
He gets bored, they said. Bored? HOW is that possible? He said "It's not as fun as I thought it would be."
Do you seriously think he said that less than a week into the job?
One person who frequently talks to Trump said aides have to push back privately against his worst impulses in the White House, like the news conference idea, and have to control information that may infuriate him. He gets bored and likes to watch TV, this person said, so it is important to minimize that.
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: Krazysh0t
Oh so suddenly SCIENTISTS aren't credible nor the Huffington Post that has lots of articles about FAKE accouts on twitter.
That's nice to know.