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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Replying to @patio11
How do ppl end up with a lot of fake followers by accident? That NYTimes article inspired me to check http://twitteraudit.com ; I'm at 97% real, but still, over 1000 fake followers? How? Also, I have friends at only ~75-85% real but I'm p. sure they'd never buy followers...
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Replying to @juliagalef
Fake followers are a product and one attribute of that product is plausible deniability (of the fakeness), so producers of fake followers will attempt some scalable methods for making their product look plausibly real.
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Replying to @patio11 @juliagalef
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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