. I have never seen a retweet count go down. I'm also seeing what I believe are accounts that retweet and then immediately delete the retweet to boost retweet numbers.
Is this a thing?
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A practice known as "tweetdecking"
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The first tweetdecking network we looked at used custom automation tools to post retweets on all accounts simultaneously and delete the retweets a few minutes later. Does the new set do likewise?
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I haven't looked at it myself, but according to what I read, the counts are synchronized over time. They should go down again eventually.
I wonder if one could create some kind of statistical proof. If difference to Retweets found via API is bigger than x%, probably faking.
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