Thread includes some of the most perceptive public writing I've seen on social media as a professional strategy. (Though: follower counts get put into spreadsheets by people who think they're indicative of reality, and spreadsheets can create a reality where none exists.)https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/957830379968352257 …
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If you/your friends appear on lists of People To Follow in X, and that list is discoverable / scrapeable / etc, then at least some fake follower firms will have their bots follow you to buy deniability. I don't think knowing this fact should change anything about future actions.
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(Incidentally: I would not rush to assume the validity of any particular cat's current position in a cat-and-mouse game, particularly if that cat is compensated in a fashion other than for catching mice.)
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