A lot of hiring and endorsement decisions are made on the basis of perceived social media influence. In that context, jacking up your numbers by buying fake followers seems like fraud. Looking forward to the lawsuits!https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/957324565545447424 …
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There was a minitrend about three years ago of people pranking strangers by buying them tens of thousands of fake twitter followers. Should that impose a disclosure obligation on “victims” (
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They didn't do it, but if it's relevant to a job, I think they should mention it, and I think they're obliged to mention it if social media reach is explicitly mentioned as a hiring consideration. It's sort of like somebody adding an indelible fake degree to your LinkedIn.
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Replying to @willwilkinson @brianbeutler and
There was an article saying about half of Trump's followers are bots
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