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    Default More than 23% of Elon Musk's Twitter followers are spam or fake accounts

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    Elon Musk's Twitter followers are likely 23% fake or spam accounts, two research groups says.
    Their analysis flagged users based on 17 warning signals that point to suspicious accounts.
    This comes as Musk disputes Twitter's estimates that fewer than 5% of its accounts are fake.

    Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon...it-says-2022-5

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    Quote Originally Posted by Primavera View Post
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    Elon Musk's Twitter followers are likely 23% fake or spam accounts, two research groups says.
    Their analysis flagged users based on 17 warning signals that point to suspicious accounts.
    This comes as Musk disputes Twitter's estimates that fewer than 5% of its accounts are fake.

    Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon...it-says-2022-5
    I expect that those 23% are merely the fake/spam accounts that are so badly managed that they can be easily screened by a simple algorithm. There's probably twice that many fake accounts there that merely aren't so blatant about it.

    If you spend much time on Twitter, you start to see a pattern among followers of certain accounts, where a big chunk of people tweet hit-and-run contributions that give no sign of even understanding what the thread is about, much less engaging with any follow-ups. In my experience, the phoniest Twitter armies belong to Musk, Putin, Matti Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, Tulsi Gabbard, and Zack Snyder.
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    1. Musk offers bid to buy TWITTER!

    2. Musk said, as new owner, he was going to allow Trump to post his shit again!

    2. The stockholders dumped stock on hearing this- Stock plummeted!

    3. Deal is on hold- Looks as if Musk now wants out!

    DUH!

    There's a skeeter on me tweeter- KNOCK IT OFF!

    Most Hilarious scene of events!

    Trump ruins anything he touches!

    Even mentioning Trump's name ruins everything!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Primavera View Post
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    Elon Musk's Twitter followers are likely 23% fake or spam accounts, two research groups says.
    Their analysis flagged users based on 17 warning signals that point to suspicious accounts.
    This comes as Musk disputes Twitter's estimates that fewer than 5% of its accounts are fake.

    Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon...it-says-2022-5
    That's likely the average number across all of twitter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geeko Sportivo View Post
    1. Musk offers bid to buy TWITTER!

    2. Musk said, as new owner, he was going to allow Trump to post his shit again!

    2. The stockholders dumped stock on hearing this- Stock plummeted!

    3. Deal is on hold- Looks as if Musk now wants out!

    DUH!

    There's a skeeter on me tweeter- KNOCK IT OFF!

    Most Hilarious scene of events!

    Trump ruins anything he touches!

    Even mentioning Trump's name ruins everything!

    The stock got dumped after he announced the hold not inviting Trump back retard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreeSpeech1789 View Post
    The stock got dumped after he announced the hold not inviting Trump back retard.
    Bullshit!

    TWITTER stock started crashing the MOMENT ELON MUSK MENTIONED TRUMP'S NAME!

    Whatever! Musk's Free Speech TWEET to restore Trump's Tweeter account has personally lost him over a Billion dollars of his own Twitter Stock!

    FREE SPEECH CAN BE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD! But, you have to be careful what you say- and how you say it- AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU SAY IT!!

    SORRY, I DIDN'T MAKE THE RULES- MOTHER NATURE DID!!

    That's probably the way it should be! LET EM' TALK! LET'S GIVE EM' SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mina View Post
    In my experience, the phoniest Twitter armies belong to Musk, Putin, Matti Taibbi, Glenn Greenwald, Tulsi Gabbard, and Zack Snyder.
    ^how to tell everyone you are a partisan douchebag without coming out and saying it^

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geeko Sportivo View Post
    Bullshit!

    TWITTER stock started crashing the MOMENT ELON MUSK MENTIONED TRUMP'S NAME!

    Whatever! Musk's Free Speech TWEET to restore Trump's Tweeter account has personally lost him over a Billion dollars of his own Twitter Stock!

    FREE SPEECH CAN BE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD! But, you have to be careful what you say- and how you say it- AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU SAY IT!!

    SORRY, I DIDN'T MAKE THE RULES- MOTHER NATURE DID!!

    That's probably the way it should be! LET EM' TALK! LET'S GIVE EM' SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT!
    Liar I watched it free fall in real time the day he announced the hold, source or GTFO. Elon hasn't lost a cent because the deal wasn't finalized, what he did do though is expose Dorsi and the twitter board as having lied to investors about the number of users so it's a prison they'll be going.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreeSpeech1789 View Post
    Liar I watched it free fall in real time the day he announced the hold, source or GTFO. Elon hasn't lost a cent because the deal wasn't finalized, what he did do though is expose Dorsi and the twitter board as having lied to investors about the number of users so it's a prison they'll be going.
    Look wise up! Donald Trump is a very controversial subject matter.

    He is now a 500 lb. gorilla that nobody wants on their back, as he fucks up everything he touches.

    He was never going to be a popular president because he didn't win the popular vote. And you knew he was a snake before you ever took him in!

    Sure, there is the Electoral College to circumvent the popular vote- BUT IT CAN'T GET YOU PAST POPULAR OPINION NOW CAN IT?

    The American People Spoke dude! LISTEN! Are you fucking deaf?

    Fucking Hilarious!

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    Quote Originally Posted by zymurgy View Post
    ^how to tell everyone you are a partisan douchebag without coming out and saying it^
    Not to worry, zymurgy, everyone already knew you were.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mina View Post
    Not to worry, zymurgy, everyone already knew you were.
    sure thing shit stain

    show one example of you critiquing a democrat, just one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zymurgy View Post
    sure thing shit stain

    show one example of you critiquing a democrat, just one.
    I assume this is one. You're a democrat, right? Or did you mean capital-D Democrat? If so, see my posts attacking Sinema and Manchin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mina View Post
    I assume this is one. You're a democrat, right? Or did you mean capital-D Democrat? If so, see my posts attacking Sinema and Manchin.
    bwahahaha. so if they break from your hive - you will bitch about it

    yeah - you are the biggest partisan douchebag on these forums


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    Quote Originally Posted by zymurgy View Post
    bwahahaha. so if they break from your hive
    I have no hive. I'm an independent and always have been. I support policies, not parties. My issues with Manchin and Sinema are policy differences, such as their refusal to step up to laws that will protect voting rights. In that sense, I'm a democrat, in the small-d meaning of that word. I believe in developing a more democratic society, and Manchin and Sinema stand in the way of that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mina View Post
    I have no hive. I'm an independent and always have been. I support policies, not parties. My issues with Manchin and Sinema are policy differences, such as their refusal to step up to laws that will protect voting rights. In that sense, I'm a democrat, in the small-d meaning of that word. I believe in developing a more democratic society, and Manchin and Sinema stand in the way of that.
    sure thing. I believe you

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