Posted on 03/23/2017 9:57:33 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Ed Dowd (@DowdEdward), former manager of BlackRock's $15 billion Capital Appreciation Fund has a relatively small but influential Twitter following, ranging from Financial industry all-stars to prominent media personalities. Since leaving BlackRock, Dowd has shifted gears - moving to Hawaii to launch his own equity fund from the luxury of his volcano-adjacent compound, while helping his wife develop a rapidly growing business of her own. He's also quite the subversive Twitter user - known for spotlighting MSM hypocrisy, roasting progressive politicians, and doling out sharp-witted rebukes of Ivory Tower overlords.
In early February, Dowd began noticing some odd behavior occurring with his Twitter account; throughout the day he would gain followers as he tweeted, while late at night followers were disappearing! He began keeping track, and though it wasn't happening every night, it penciled out to around half a percent of his followers each time it happened, effectively capping his audience. Ed had questions; why was it almost always the same number of people? Who un-follows someone in the middle of the night? Considering most of Dowd's followers are in North America, the un-followers were likely asleep when it was happening. The logical conclusion was that Twitter had been actively pruning Ed's audience to limit his growth on the platform - but keep reading, it gets better.
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
When Dowd checked his twitter feed hours after sending the tweet, he saw that it had accumulated 13 Retweets and 38 Likes. Given the subject matter, he decided to take a screenshot. Lo and behold, upon reloading the tweet five minutes later, Dowd discovered that 11 retweets had mysteriously vanished!
Stop bitching people. Go to gab.ai.
Yeah, I joined...and then was put on a waiting list.
Done! You’re #482118 in the waiting list. WTF!!!
So how long exactly do you think it will take me to get in?
Usually not long, but sometimes a couple of weeks — I suspect it has to do with (a) ensuring a consistency of service, and (b) filtering out bots.
Twitter adds to twitter accounts their statements.
Check out several celeb twitter account.
You will notice very similar statements.
BUMP
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