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Doodley

(8,976 posts)
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:01 AM Sep 2018

What happened to Trump's army of Twitter defenders, bots and trolls?

Have you noticed that when you now read a Tweet from Trump, there are barely any posts that support him? You can now read dozens of replies to his Tweets that call out his lies and narcissism, without any of them defending him. This is a good change in the last week or so. Were nearly all his defenders bots that have been banned?

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What happened to Trump's army of Twitter defenders, bots and trolls? (Original Post) Doodley Sep 2018 OP
Only news i can get today is fox they haven't Watchfoxheadexplodes Sep 2018 #1
Trump is not performing. Turbineguy Sep 2018 #2
I've noticed the same thing the past week or two. bearsfootball516 Sep 2018 #3
the bot farms are busy messing with congressional races. unblock Sep 2018 #4
On another thread... bots out in force for loser to be Cruz. Truly, is there NO competent Fred Sanders Sep 2018 #8
Reply from @RealAmerican marylandblue Sep 2018 #5
No bucks... no bots C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #6
Apparently they are all tweeting support for Ted Cruz, at the exact same time in the middle of the n dewsgirl Sep 2018 #7
It was 9am in St. Petersburg GeorgeGist Sep 2018 #10
True. dewsgirl Sep 2018 #11
Putin's already got what he wanted-- destabilization. dawg day Sep 2018 #9
They're all over at Discussionist red dog 1 Sep 2018 #12

bearsfootball516

(6,369 posts)
3. I've noticed the same thing the past week or two.
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:07 AM
Sep 2018

Usually when you click on his tweets, the first several are bots/trolls proclaiming their love for him.


I don't know if there was some mass banning effort from Twitter or something, but they've completely vanished for the most part.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
8. On another thread... bots out in force for loser to be Cruz. Truly, is there NO competent
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:23 AM
Sep 2018

anti-bot weapons in the entirety of the world's cyberarsenal??

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
5. Reply from @RealAmerican
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:16 AM
Sep 2018

Trump is great President Ever. Trump makes America great. Vote for Republicans this fall to keep America great. He will cut Tariffs on excellent Russia vodka #RealAmericansVoteTrump.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
7. Apparently they are all tweeting support for Ted Cruz, at the exact same time in the middle of the n
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:20 AM
Sep 2018

Night.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
9. Putin's already got what he wanted-- destabilization.
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 10:57 AM
Sep 2018

Now he knows he can sow even more chaos by deserting his puppet Trump. So he's called all his bots home.

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