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> "I am certain that my account was 'maliciously [targeted by] someone with bot followers to make [me] look bad.'" Imagine explaining this concept to someone f
by tjwds 9y ago
> "I am certain that my account was 'maliciously [targeted by] someone with bot followers to make [me] look bad.'"
Imagine explaining this concept to someone five years ago, let alone ten or twenty, and trying not to come across as bad science fiction.
- hartator 9y agoNewspapers buying themselves is not something new.
- jobigoud 9y agoOr authors buying copies of their own book to kickstart themselves into the best seller club. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323864304578316143623600544 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323864304578316...
- question_that 9y agoFive years ago I would've said "who cares?" and I feel the same way now. Twitter, like Facebook and Digg and Google+ and MySpace and Geocities and ICQ and AIM and IRC and BBSes, is a temporary, voluntary and optional waste of time.
- jpindar 9y agoTwitter doesn't seem much different to me now than it did five years ago except that US politics is getting mentioned more. The idea that some people have fake followers and that makes them look bad isn't new.