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SwampG8r

(10,287 posts)
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:03 PM Mar 2016

There a lot of speculation about online harassment

Of candidates endorsers and supporters.
Does anyone know how many fake.social media accounts hillary bought at the state department?
Does anyone know what those fake profiles and accounts are doing now?
TIA

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There a lot of speculation about online harassment (Original Post) SwampG8r Mar 2016 OP
More than 2 MILLION of Hillary Clinton's Twitter followers are fake or never tweet w4rma Mar 2016 #1
Are we sure they dont tweet? SwampG8r Mar 2016 #6
The first sentence after the headline helps to answer your question. w4rma Mar 2016 #7
Good question. haikugal Mar 2016 #2
These are Hillary paid workers?? fun n serious Mar 2016 #3
Politicians and Celebrities SheenaR Mar 2016 #4
This one is GRAND READ POST 67. Heck read them all... fun n serious Mar 2016 #5
 

w4rma

(31,700 posts)
1. More than 2 MILLION of Hillary Clinton's Twitter followers are fake or never tweet
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:05 PM
Mar 2016

More than 2 MILLION of Hillary Clinton's Twitter followers are fake or never tweet – and she's already under fire for 'buying' fake Facebook fans
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3038621/More-2-MILLION-Hillary-Clinton-s-Twitter-followers-fake-never-tweet.html

SwampG8r

(10,287 posts)
6. Are we sure they dont tweet?
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:42 PM
Mar 2016

Or are they just not tweeting for her i am curious as to how many of the thousands of provable fake accounts are active and under brocks gentle.direction

 

w4rma

(31,700 posts)
7. The first sentence after the headline helps to answer your question.
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:46 PM
Mar 2016

"Two different online audit tools say no more than 44 per cent of Hillary's 3.6 million Twitter fans are real people who participate in the platform"

I don't know how many of them are set up to act as fake people to troll with, though.

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
4. Politicians and Celebrities
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:09 PM
Mar 2016

do this all of the time to strengthen their brand.

Under President Clinton we will lose most of our privacy rights and there will be a day where the IP addresses can just be accessed to find all of this out for certain

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
5. This one is GRAND READ POST 67. Heck read them all...
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:11 PM
Mar 2016

"CorporatistNation (1,279 posts)
67. I Just Received ANOTHER Email From Warren! She Needs To Put Up Or Shut Up!

Incredible! In just a few days, more than 75,000 Democracy for America members have joined Elizabeth Warren's urgent petition calling on Congress to prevent Pfizer's attempt to dodge paying taxes.

That's a great showing, but we need to get more people on board to stop Pfizer and other corporations from abandoning America.

No Elizabeth... It is high time that you take a stand with the principled candidate running for President. Stop being risk averse and trying to protect your own political fortunes and act on behalf of the people in concert with your stated principles.
"Ignorance is our greatest .....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511286752#post67

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