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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: UPDATED -- Most recent Twitter audit shows over 2 million of Hillary Clinton's followers are fake [View all]Bradical79
(4,490 posts)21. Might of hired a social media advertising firm? Or not her at all.
It's my understanding that it's not that uncommon of a tactic in advertising. Or it could be fake twitter users following from another source using her high profile account for their own advertising. Just googling fake twitter followers gives a headline of Barack Obama having over 19 million fake accounts following his twitter :-P Fake twitter accounts is pretty big business.
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UPDATED -- Most recent Twitter audit shows over 2 million of Hillary Clinton's followers are fake [View all]
Android3.14
Jan 2016
OP
Any info regarding who makes all these fake followers? It really reflects badly on her campaign.
reformist2
Jan 2016
#3
I have fake Instagram followers, I didn't ask for them, and didn't pay for them.
Agschmid
Jan 2016
#34
I have asked and asked why a Democrat would support H. Clinton clearly an American Aristocrat.
rhett o rick
Jan 2016
#89
I have two twitter accounts, signed up only because some software/site wanted me to. But....
George II
Jan 2016
#58
2.9 million followers who actively use twitter (that 2012 company says non-regular users are fake)
Sunlei
Jan 2016
#10
Translation: I am a social media warrior and I demand pure Twitter followers
leftofcool
Jan 2016
#13
I also remember the media turning this event into Watergate or something like that.
StevieM
Jan 2016
#33
I've said it before: here in my extremely red pocket of a red state... I've seen ZERO Hillary signs
AzDar
Jan 2016
#27
Yup, and I'm in Central MA, where we just had the big Worcester and Lowell Trump events
Blue_Adept
Jan 2016
#78
"Followers" on twitter aren't necessarily all followers of the person, there could be reasons....
George II
Jan 2016
#38
That's ridiculous. How can you prove that there are "purchased" followers? You can't.
George II
Jan 2016
#57
When she was SoS, she spent taxpayer money to buy Facebook likes for the department
arcane1
Jan 2016
#61
Syria was the first Twitter "revolution" - part of a $330 mil DOS regime change operation.
leveymg
Jan 2016
#87
The modern, digital version of how we overthrew Iran's democracy in the 1950's.
arcane1
Jan 2016
#88