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There are bots on both sides, but there is no proof that either Trump or Hillary's teams have bought likes. As anyone can buy likes for a retweet. For instance
by heavymark 10y ago
There are bots on both sides, but there is no proof that either Trump or Hillary's teams have bought likes. As anyone can buy likes for a retweet. For instance fans of Hillary (or Trump), or the opposite, enemies, such as followers of Trump or Trump campaign could buy likes/reweets for Hillary in hopes that someone would create a conspiracy that she's buying likes. Or vice versa, Hillary's team or followers could buy likes/followers for Trump to create a conspiracy for him.
So the fact is bots rewtweet tweets, but there according to this article at least 0 facts that anyone on Hillary's official team bought likes for the retweet.
- therobot24 10y agowhat's more likely though? Random fan buys thousands of retweets/likes, or campaign known for astroturfing (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/correct-the-record-online-trolls/484847/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/correct-...) buys retweets/likes.
- mmanfrin 10y agoIt's most likely that the bot is retweeting random or high profile tweets to establish account credibility, as happens with facebook like sellers. Don't slip to the conspiracy that confirms your worldview so quickly without considering much more likely reasons.