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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlyssa Milano: It's weird that Trump, with 54M followers, rarely gets over 20K retweets
Link to tweet
Hes screaming into the wind.
I bet this tweet gets more RTs.
She was right - 51K retweets for her tweet so far.
no_hypocrisy
(46,182 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)see what he's up to?
Or are Trumpons just too stupid to know how to re-tweet?
(Or maybe both?)
efhmc
(14,732 posts)However, I think many people just want to be "in" on his latest stupid, vindictive pronouncements.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 2, 2018, 12:57 PM - Edit history (1)
I just opened one of his recent tweets which listed 35 K re-tweets. Lots of anti trump ones.
What is more interesting is how many of his followers are bots. Many of us spend a few minutes reporting suspected bots.
MariaCSR
(642 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)But why does he need retweets? They are rebroadcast everywhere else on all media. I'm not on twitter and hear about them all
It seems to me folks might be sick and tired of his habits. It is tiresome
He also seems to repeat himself a lot. Why retweet old news?
Takket
(21,625 posts)Even at 30k retweets that Is 1 out of every 1800 followers retweeting him.
Compare to Milanos tweet above which generated about 1 out of 60.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)So it appears Shitler's only hold on his power, the magical Twitter machine, is fake!
And losing it's powers as it's fakery is exposed...not to mention soooo fucking boring.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)do they measure any of the numbers? I don't have a lot of confidence in twitter measurement numbers being that they can't seem to pinpoint very well when someone is sending a trashy tweet or the like. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't even have a network control center to monitor stuff (I don't have much confidence in twitter as a stand alone network...you keep hearing of problems and the like w/ this stuff).
mythology
(9,527 posts)That's just a count. Now how many of those are actual people compared to bots and how many of the actual people are supporters compared to media or opponents is hard to measure.
underpants
(182,877 posts)But reporting on those would be provided a full picture and we just can't have that.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)That would just be combinatorial explosion madness.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)She's merely pointing out that the tweet-to-follower ratio is off -- way off.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)You'd think the bots would be programmed to do that.
Squinch
(51,004 posts)ffr
(22,671 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)to respond to the useful idiots tweets.
blue-wave
(4,363 posts)As are his followers
Raine
(30,540 posts)anyway for those interested all the cable networks like CNN, MSNBC and Fox quote the tweets continually.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Why bother retweeting?
The point is: everybody seems to hang on to every chirp
What is exactly what he wants
yurbud
(39,405 posts)opposable thumbs.
yardwork
(61,703 posts)One group, as you say, doesn't tweet very much.
The other group that makes up a huge number of Trump's supporters is wealthy people with advanced degrees in business, law, etc. They're very pleased with their tax breaks and how well their investments are doing. Of course, they can't publicly agree with the vile, ignorant things that Trump tweets. So they're silent.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)which is why Democrats agree with him of defense spending, mass surveillance, and the like, and do inexplicable things like Schumer fast-tracking a bunch of Trump judicial appointees.
yardwork
(61,703 posts)Trump's supporters are NOT Democrats. They are wealthy Republicans. Democrats don't agree with Trump on anything. Poll after poll shows this.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)policies though saying any policy is his like attributing a quote to a ventriloquist's dummy.
TrogL
(32,822 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)They yell "Down Clown!"...
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Cha
(297,652 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)gets tens of thousands of retweets of even his "every day" types of tweets - like the one congratulating the Hawai'ian Little League team of winning the championship just last week!
Link to tweet
TEXT
Barack Obama
✔
@BarackObama
Congratulations to Hawaii for winning the Little League World Series! You make America very proud. 🤙🏾
Little League
✔
@LittleLeague
CHAMPS! 🤙🇺🇸#LLWS
View image on Twitter
5:40 PM - Aug 26, 2018
373K
37.7K people are talking about this
(33,891 Retweets
373,011 Likes)
But an even bigger case in point - compare the 2 tweeted statements regarding John McCain -
Link to tweet
TEXT
Donald J. Trump
?Verified account @realDonaldTrump
My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!
5:44 PM - 25 Aug 2018
39,311 Retweets
219,877 Likes
88,833 replies 39,311 retweets 219,877 likes
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Link to tweet
TEXT
Barack Obama
?Verified account @BarackObama
Our statement on the passing of Senator John McCain:
6:09 PM - 25 Aug 2018
188,088 Retweets
874,943 Likes
12,836 replies 188,088 retweets 874,943 likes
The current had 39K retweets and the latter had 188K retweets!