Posted on 09/20/2013 5:51:20 PM PDT by markomalley
An incredibly high percentage of President Obama’s Twitter followers are fake, while the opposite is true for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
According to the Twitter analytics application, Status People, 55 percent of President Obama’s 36,802,378 Twitter followers — or approximately 20,240,107 followers — are fake.
A ‘fake follower,’ according to Status People, is a spam account following the user. During the presidential election season, candidates’ Twitter accounts came under public scrutiny for possibly purchasing followers to try to bolster their social media credibility.
Twenty-four percent of Obama’s Twitter followers are inactive, and only 21 percent — or approximately 7,728,499 followers — are real.
Obama’s Twitter account has been active since March 2007, according to the Twitter analytics application Foller.me.
In comparison, 17 percent of Rouhani‘s 45,680 followers are considered fake. 30 percent are inactive, and 53 percent — or approximately 24,201 followers — are real.
Rouhani took to his account on Thursday evening following the publication of an op-ed bearing his name in the Washington Post to promote the article, posting numerous links to the piece.
In response to Rouhani’s enthusiasm, Buzzfeed reporter Rosie Gray replied, “.@HassanRouhani has tweeted his WaPo op-ed like 20 times in the past 15 hours. we’ve seen it dude!”
Rouhani’s Twitter account has been active since May, according to Foller.me.
Just like Obama.
My 91 followers are real.
They seem to have shown up and elected him twice.
NSA created accounts, no doubt.
Just like the votes cast.
I’m not surprised. The real communication method to the “people” is voice and text messages on Obamaphones.
And that was just in the last election.
haha, true! :^)
No one will ever convince me the last election wasn’t a sham. And after all the spying crap the government is doing that belief is burned into my bedrock.
Are the “real” ones voluntary, or did they just download and add Twitter handles?
there must be retribution
Lois must suffer the death penalty
Everything about Barry is fake except for the damage he has done to this country.
Just like Obama’s votes in all urban areas
Months ago there was a news article that the Indiana AG had filed suit against O for using the public funded phones in his electioneering. Haven’t seen anything since
Ummm...and I think I’m one of the real ones, and I voted against him. Just want to keep tabs on him ya know ;)
The other 45% are brain dead
Obama. 55% fake. 45% phony.
My baloney has a first name, it's B-a-r-a-k.
My baloney has a second name, it's O-b-a-m-a.
The MSM loves him every day, and if you ask me why I'll say
'Cause Barak Obama has a way with B-O-L-O-N-E-Y!
Can we really believe that to be true?.. How do we know that they haven't cheated in the election as they appear to be doing with every number coming out of this government?
Too low.
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