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crimycarny

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3. There is always a pattern

Reply to vanessa_ca (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 08:41 PM

Aug 2025

It's so obvious when it's bots because there will be a ton of replies that use similar retorts. And always with blue check marks. Knowing MAGA, there is no way that real MAGA users are paying for blue checks. They aren't the type who'd want to dole out money every month.

Twitter has become a cesspool of bots arguing with bots.

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Meet the 24-yr-old software engineer who runs a MAGA bot waging an online battle against progressive politicians [View all] vanessa_ca Aug 2025 OP

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These bots have been around for longer than we realize FakeNoose Aug 2025 #4

Yes! vanessa_ca Aug 2025 #5

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