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Trump Uses Fake Twitter Accounts (Original Post) RockaFowler May 2016 OP
I'm shocked! 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #1
I know! Like candidates paying folks to look like grassroots supporters advocating for her online. JimDandy May 2016 #17
How does one "look like a grassroots supporter"? 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #22
I understand why an attorney, such as yourself, would be picky over word choice JimDandy May 2016 #23
Okay. eom. 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #26
All are young women. ummm riversedge May 2016 #2
That was what got me as well! RockaFowler May 2016 #5
Stolen / Sold Facebook pictures. Oneironaut May 2016 #12
and the posts do not have have the --verified account. riversedge May 2016 #3
Of course he does. Is there anything he does that isn't fake? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2016 #4
CTers unite! Wounded Bear May 2016 #19
K&R and this serves as an example to his supporters... Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #6
Florence Moss left the 'e' off her name GreatCaesarsGhost May 2016 #7
When your job is creating tons of fake Twitter sharp_stick May 2016 #13
Though many on this board had exposed Wellstone ruled May 2016 #8
These look like bot accounts set to tweet news stories. Takket May 2016 #9
I wonder if those are clip art models or real people Bucky May 2016 #25
Looks like a tweet for hire bot for sure. LiberalArkie May 2016 #27
Almost all are 'underscore' louis-t May 2016 #10
Those are bots -- and not necessarily Trump bots -- linked to spammy malware websites. Brickbat May 2016 #11
John Barron has no comment on these insidious claims! bullwinkle428 May 2016 #14
You're too late Bucky May 2016 #24
So Does Hillary billhicks76 May 2016 #15
An algorithm to analyse the tweeting patterns of those accounts... TygrBright May 2016 #16
TRUMP IS A CROOK trueblue2007 May 2016 #18
Dipshit Bigredhunk May 2016 #20
K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker May 2016 #21

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
23. I understand why an attorney, such as yourself, would be picky over word choice
Tue May 31, 2016, 04:28 PM
May 2016

I don't need to be. Obvious meaning is obvious.

Oneironaut

(5,494 posts)
12. Stolen / Sold Facebook pictures.
Tue May 31, 2016, 01:46 PM
May 2016

Facebook owns all images you put on it. You might just be Trump's next "supporter."

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,686 posts)
4. Of course he does. Is there anything he does that isn't fake?
Tue May 31, 2016, 01:22 PM
May 2016

I'm beginning to wonder if there is even a real Donald Trump. He could be just a science fair project gone horribly wrong.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
13. When your job is creating tons of fake Twitter
Tue May 31, 2016, 01:47 PM
May 2016

accounts mistakes are inevitable. He's probably already been replaced by another outsourced lackey.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
8. Though many on this board had exposed
Tue May 31, 2016, 01:29 PM
May 2016

many of Trump/Rethug's anti Hillary and Bernie Trolls. Since the advent of Message Boards,the GOP started and run a Cottage Industry of hired work from home persons to post negative or positive comments. Wall Street found this type of messaging extremely effective in their pump and dump scams.

Takket

(21,565 posts)
9. These look like bot accounts set to tweet news stories.
Tue May 31, 2016, 01:35 PM
May 2016

Weird that they are next only and don't include a link. Like, there is nothing taking you to a story about Trump's donations.

They mostly tweet the same things

Here's two:

https://twitter.com/Lola_Burgess
https://twitter.com/Lynne__Lynch

if you read through the tweets, its obvious these accounts are not run by Trump or any of his people.

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
15. So Does Hillary
Tue May 31, 2016, 03:00 PM
May 2016

Studies have been published. Most of her followed are fake like Trumps. Bernies are real.

TygrBright

(20,759 posts)
16. An algorithm to analyse the tweeting patterns of those accounts...
Tue May 31, 2016, 03:03 PM
May 2016

...would probably reveal the specific algorithm their bot-runner is using, too.

Twitter has been pedaling like mad to keep their API relatively bot-uninfested, but it appears they are losing.

interestedly,
Bright

Bigredhunk

(1,349 posts)
20. Dipshit
Tue May 31, 2016, 03:24 PM
May 2016

Robme had to buy Twitter followers during the 2012 election too. Of course this egomaniac would buy Twitter followers b/c he'd have to have the most followers b/c his Twitter is the best Twitter and the winningest Twitter.

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