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I've bought fake followers before. It's actually fun. You'd be surprised how much of the "chattering class" will check your follower count before they decide if
by wmil 10y ago
I've bought fake followers before. It's actually fun. You'd be surprised how much of the "chattering class" will check your follower count before they decide if they should read and respond to your comments.
If you enjoy chiming in on national conversations then it's a cheap way to appear prestigious. Of course, you need to be able to argue well enough to not out yourself as some random joe.
- will_pseudonym 10y agoI wonder what proportion of the chattering class will pay attention to measures of retweet:follower ratios. It's a good proxy for a fake account.
- problems 10y agoGo over to google and put in the words "buy retweets". That's really not a problem. They have full control over the accounts (via either fake signups themselves or script kiddie iStealer means), so anything like that in demand enough is probably something you can buy. A look at the history or content of mentions is probably the best bet to detect a faked account. Still, a clever person might slip by a cursory check.
- andai 10y agoCan you buy retweets from accounts with human followers?
- problems 10y agoYes, if you can get those stolen accounts rather than generated ones.
- ryanSrich 10y agoHell there are even Chrome plugins for free that'll get you followers, retweets and likes all automatically. Twitter is a joke. Anyone that takes their user count and interactions seriously on that platform is in for a bad time.