I now seriously think some of the scientists I follow have purchased their large number of followers 
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You can check that, surely. Are there not websites?
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Replying to @jamesheathers @Abebab
I think she thinks that because I linked her to such websites.
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Should have known you woulda known. What did you find? I wonder if mine are fake. With their ridiculous names, 'Andrew', 'Caitlyn', 'Terry'. Who names a child that?!?
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Replying to @jamesheathers @Abebab
I don't want to name names but there certainly are people with large follower counts who has dubious percentages of "fake" followers/bots.
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Importantly though, being followed by accounts suspected of being bots isn't always evidence that these people purchased followers.
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Replying to @o_guest @jamesheathers
Yes, cuz I discovered that I have some bot followers that I wasn't aware of
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Replying to @Abebab @jamesheathers
Also the different sites show different percentages (again because it's not easy to know who is a bot for sure). But yes, it's amusing to check other users' scores.pic.twitter.com/xqh6mkLBdi
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I don't know why I have so many "fake" followers - I swear I didn't buy any of thempic.twitter.com/6kHu8mdyQJ
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TBH I don't think they sell them in 10s or 100s.
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What other functions do they have beside pumping numbers, spreading DMs and political memes? I have had financial bots that I have been told monitor memes and trends.
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