Posted on 07/12/2018 8:27:46 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former President Obama lost more than 2 million followers on Twitter this week as the social platform removed inactive and locked accounts from follower counts, according to a preliminary review by The Hill.
Obama, who had 104 million Twitter followers prior to the crackdown, had roughly 101 million as of Thursday afternoon. Still, the former president remains the third most-followed person on the platform behind Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.
President Trump, who had 53.4 million Twitter followers before the platform began pulling accounts from follower lists this week, had 53.1 million followers as of Thursday afternoon. Trump remains the 18th most-followed person on Twitter.
The drop in Twitter followers came after the platform formally announced on Wednesday that it would begin the process of removing “locked accounts” from follower counts in an effort "to build trust and encourage healthy conversation on Twitter."
Twitter said the accounts are locked after the platform detects “sudden changes in account behavior,” which includes tweeting out a large number of unsolicited replies, sharing links that are misleading or being blocked by a large number of users that have been mentioned by the account.
A Twitter spokesperson declined to provide comment on Thursday.
Thats alot of fake bots. ALOT
And so more and more of the Impøster-in-Chief’s house of cards collapses.
Soon only 13 letter will remain:
BLM. ISIS, & ANITFA.
No, it's a lot of fake bots. A LOT.
“Still, the former president remains the third most-followed person on the platform behind Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.”
I had no idea that he ranked so closely behind such intellectual icons.
Probably Liberal tech guy saw I was a Conservative & said my account won't be unsuspended!
Then you have guys like Olberman called POTUS all sorts of F names & he still has an account, oh wells
Yeah really Obama must swell with pride to realize he is right there behind Katy Perry and Justin Bieber, what a feat!
Every time I see 0bama’s name I recall Bill Murray saying “Loser! Loser! in Caddyshack...
100 million followers? LOL, talk about fake... that’s absurd.
alotaa fake bohts fake bots lotta...Lotta is a fake bot.Bot’s me some alootta fake bots...
Bots and lots of bots...alotta fake bots.
Who you callin fake bot fool?
Every time I see 0bama’s name I recall Bill Murray saying “Loser! Loser! in Caddyshack…
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Every time I see or hear Obama’s name, a feeling of repulsion comes over me.
[Every time I see or hear Obama’s name, a feeling of repulsion comes over me.]
Though I’ll post pictures of this Manchurian Candidate because he’s responsible for bringing a lot of the damage the last few years I will NOT listen to that fraud speak.
He is constantly stirring the pot whenever he can.
Twitter and Facebook are stock frauds. Phony numbers to boost the stock price for the IPO. Instant billionaires.
This is what Obama did while in office: He did everything he could to bleed America to death by a thousand cuts.
Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Barack Hussein Obama. Now there’s a trio for ya.
[This is what Obama did while in office: He did everything he could to bleed America to death by a thousand cuts.]
Yes he did. And a lot of people stood by and allowed it to happen. Powerful people, I mean.
That’s why I support President Trump. We shall not see a patriot like him in office again I believe.
I’d prefer to be wrong. Let’s hope that I am.
I agree on all your points.
God knows what will happen after Trump. I do know that from now on the Dems are going to do all they can to destroy us. They would round us up and haul us away tomorrow if they could do so.
Pence is the next in line and I would say Pence makes Sense
Please tell me after working with Biggy D for 8 years who is going to be anywhere near that as far as skills and time in grade
A congress critter
Please no
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