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2016 Postmortem

BooScout

(10,406 posts)

4. Absolutely correct!

Reply to John Poet (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 06:10 AM

Jul 2016

My followers are almost all Clinton followers and 48 of them follow Trump. Know thy enemy. ....I have considered following him to make it easier for me to make fun of his tweets, but I just couldn't bring myself to do that.

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Trump has 10.5 million followers on tweeter [View all] Goblor Jul 2016 OP

'Likes' are tweets from others that his account would like Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #1

Probably people who want to catch the next hourly train wreck as it happens, to retweet. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #22

Twitter "followers" can be bought by the thousands, John Poet Jul 2016 #2

Absolutely correct! BooScout Jul 2016 #4

Here's a typical Trump follower right here: MrScorpio Jul 2016 #3

5 Million of Trump's Twitter followers were found to be in Bangladesh, near India. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #23

Actually, I follow Trump on twitter lillypaddle Jul 2016 #5

I like to post "liar" to any tweet of his that I see. nt sufrommich Jul 2016 #9

I was looking at that last night... helpisontheway Jul 2016 #6

Just 'cause you follow him doesn't mean you support him mainer Jul 2016 #7

I follow him. It is my guilty pleasure. renie408 Jul 2016 #12

I follow Trump. I wouldn't assume a follow is an indication sufrommich Jul 2016 #8

"Hope you get this, Donald, but--" John Poet Jul 2016 #10

More than half of those (myself included) do that just to watch the train wreck in action... JCMach1 Jul 2016 #11

Most of which are comprised of reporters, bloggers, and comedians. ZombieHorde Jul 2016 #13

Samantha Bee response NikkiTaMere Jul 2016 #14

You can buy followers Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2016 #15

Likes is tweets he has liked (nt) Recursion Jul 2016 #16

I have a Twitter account Mz Pip Jul 2016 #17

Followers is not the same things as admirers. I'm sure that a large percentage ... NurseJackie Jul 2016 #18

I enjoy batshit crazy - at least before it ran for Pres, so I follow nadine_mn Jul 2016 #19

He has 7K likes for his last tweet alone oberliner Jul 2016 #20

I follow him as well notawinger Jul 2016 #21

I've got just over 1,300 and I'm quite sure that most of mine are real people MrScorpio Aug 2016 #24