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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:45 AM Mar 2019

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This is where the vast majority of Donald Trump's Twitter followers live. (bot farm)

This is where the vast majority of @realDonaldTrump’s Twitter followers live.

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This is a bot farm. Have you ever seen one?

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This is where the vast majority of Donald Trump's Twitter followers live. (bot farm) (Original Post) MelissaB Mar 2019 OP

Sort of. greymattermom Mar 2019 #1

Very interesting. So that's where all those doc03 Mar 2019 #2

You should check out John Olivers episode this week... Javaman Mar 2019 #3

That seems inefficient. toddwv Mar 2019 #4

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

1. Sort of.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:48 AM

Mar 2019

A friend of my son owned a ticket reselling company. This was how they bought out the supply of tickets on the opening day.

doc03

(35,389 posts)

2. Very interesting. So that's where all those

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:50 AM

Mar 2019

telemarketers come from. They always have a local number that isn't connected.

Javaman

(62,534 posts)

3. You should check out John Olivers episode this week...

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 11:50 AM

Mar 2019

he deals with robocalls and spoofing. I bet that same tech can be applied to twitter accounts.

toddwv

(2,830 posts)

4. That seems inefficient.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 01:19 PM

Mar 2019

It would be better to just create a bunch of Android VMs.

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