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It's very unlikely someone bought them for him to make him look bad. Instead, a lot of the time when fake followers are created they are programmed to look 'nor
by zxlk21e 9y ago
It's very unlikely someone bought them for him to make him look bad. Instead, a lot of the time when fake followers are created they are programmed to look 'normal' by following other accounts and engaging. Otherwise a single follow target can be a real outlier and easier to triangulate.
source: worked in spam for a long time.
Also, 10k accounts is like $5-$10 for most 'in the business'. There are a lot of services that sell for this upwards of $50-$100 though. We're not talking about a lot of investment.
- danso 9y agoWhy do you think it so unlikely? In the media world, some people faced career-damage after the NYT expose: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-richard-roeper-twitter-20180202-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-ric... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/journalists-struggle-explain-why-they-bought-fake-twitter-followers-n843871 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/journalists-struggle-ex...
- 52-6F-62 9y agoI don't think they're saying it never happens, but I've heard similar reports to OC. It's a measure taken to normalize the accounts— it muddies the water. That way, they look more like average personal accounts than obviously paid-for followers. The costs on the click-farm side is averaged out so they just have the "clickers" or bots follow a huge variety of people and companies while also putting the most backing to the accounts belonging to whoever hired them.