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Half of Joe Biden's Twitter Followers Are Fake, Audit Reveals
Newsweek ^
| May 17, 2022
| DARRAGH ROCHE
Posted on 05/17/2022 2:44:23 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Almost half of President Joe Biden's current 22.2 million followers on Twitter are fake accounts, according to an audit tool provided by software company SparkToro.
SparkToro's tool found that 49.3 percent of accounts following the official @POTUS Twitter account are "fake followers" based on analysis of a number of factors, including location issues, default profile images and new users.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is currently trying to buy Twitter, has expressed concerns about the number of fake accounts and a potential crack down could see users such as Biden lose a huge number of followers.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1; biden; chat; chatforum; computers; fake; followers; joebiden; newsforumabuse; twitter
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Maybe it wasn’t “2000 mules” but was really 11 million mules in 2020 (the 11 million JB twits.
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posted on
05/17/2022 2:53:00 PM PDT
by
Wuli
To: rightwingintelligentsia
If twitter knowingly allowed well over 50% fake bots to slander, harrass and ban legitimate users, can they be held liable? A lot of conservative voices have been silenced or reputations tarnished. Is this grounds for a class action suit?
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posted on
05/17/2022 2:54:26 PM PDT
by
bleach
(If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
...and the other half are idiots.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Funny that is exactly how it went on election night as well..81 million votes my right butt cheek
To: Grimmy
Meanwhile the Democrats complain about Russian bots.
Classic projection—accuse other folks of doing what you are actually doing.
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posted on
05/17/2022 2:55:33 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I wish Musk luck cleaning up Twitter.
Sounds a lot like Washington, D. C.
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posted on
05/17/2022 2:56:45 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
05/17/2022 2:57:20 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Screaming Eagle Mom)
To: cgbg
Like tracer ammo.
Watch the left/DNC accusations for that which the left/DNC is currently guilty.
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posted on
05/17/2022 2:59:21 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Grimmy
Meant to say, tracers work both ways.
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posted on
05/17/2022 2:59:52 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Nothing wrong with half his followers on Twitter being fake.
It’s probably about the same for the 81 million votes he got.
It’s at least consistent.
To: proust
That’s 0.002 engagement. And this is with bots. Even his bots don't like him. lol
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posted on
05/17/2022 3:04:55 PM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Now we know what those 4 hour a week workers do in their 1/2 1 work day while billing for a full week. Make bot accounts.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
BTW, what’s going on over there at Newsweek? They seem to be telling the truth a lot more as of late.
To: Robert DeLong
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posted on
05/17/2022 3:09:18 PM PDT
by
proust
(All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is currently trying to buy Twitter, has expressed concerns about the number of fake accounts and a potential crack down could see users such as Biden lose a huge number of followers.You can't lose what you never had.
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posted on
05/17/2022 3:14:33 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Hand of his votes were fake too.
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posted on
05/17/2022 3:17:27 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
(“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Fake followers, fake oval office..
Real Banana Republic
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
05/17/2022 3:23:16 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Half are fake. How many are dead?
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Fake followers? So when will Newsweek connect the dots to the possibility of fake votes and voters?
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