This has me freaked. I scrolled through his followers for a few minutes. EVERYONE should be freaked

[riversedge]

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Full of bots! Does Donny need something to brag about?



Maltaplication? @Maltaplication 3h3 hours ago
Replying to @MalcolmNance @th3j35t3r @POTUS

This has me freaked. I scrolled through his followers for a few minutes. EVERYONE should be freaked by this.

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Ted Lieu and 6 others liked
John Niven?Verified account @NivenJ1 6h6 hours ago

Trump's Twitter acc has suddenly gained 3 mil followers and has been blocking lots of people. New followers look like this...

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[superpatriotman]

1. How 'bout a little something for those on old browsers and mobiles?

What does it say? What is that has you freaked out?

[blogslut]

5. Both Twitter accounts of the president have increased followers in the millions.

And they are bots - a computer program that impersonates a human on social media.

[riversedge]

31. There was a tweet saying people have been automatically signed up to Follow POTUS and

@realdonaldtrump. I do not and have not followed either account, so I checked and sure enough--I discovered I followed POTUS. I quickly Un followed the dirty of man!

[Warpy]

11. It's a scroll of page after page of fake followers, "bots"

that were created solely to pump up his numbers. They have no posts and no profiles. It's what was done during the campaign to make him look more popular than he was.

He's gained 5 million new followers in a couple of days. They are mostly bots. Either something is up or Uncle Vlad knew he needs an ego boost after that disastrous trip.

[annabanana]

39. maybe his handlers are putting them in for his ego's sake? . . n/t

[TNLib]

52. I wonder if this is their war room strategy

Kimd of lame and I doubt by artificially inflating their social media profile numbers will help him in the long run.

[riversedge]

12. Not sure what you are asking but here is a stable picture....

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[LeftInTX]

15. Instead of a real twitter handle (Aka screen name) such as "superpatriotman" or "LeftinTX"

It appears to be computer generated such as: jwxnvgtmry2702, b_ww447h, Toto07927284, zztcN3AwMXNn1zL. (These are a few of his newest followers)

I'm not freaked out. I get Bots following me on Twitter. I've only got 136 followers.
Donald Trump has 31 million followers

[Qutzupalotl]

16. They're coming in at about 100 new followers per minute.

If you keep refreshing his followers page, the ones you just saw at the top are far down the page...
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/followers

THIS IS NOT NORMAL

[LeftInTX]

20. LOL

You're right!!

I went to some popular Tweeters (they both have about 150,000 followers) I hit refresh several times and nothing changed. With Trump's they're multiplying like roaches. Crazy.

[Ilsa]

34. Yeah, this tweet:

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[winstars]

37. He has the most and best TrumpBots!!!

[Orrex]

2. We need to see this in the proper context

Specifically, the bots are likely a good deal more intelligent than his actual supporters.

[luvMIdog]

3. It's GOOD to be The KING" from Mel Brooks History of the World, Part 1

[riversedge]

4. @realDonaldTrump I see you've been caught buying new "followers". Too bad you couldn't buy fake peop

Somebody is probably getting paid to set up these fake accounts!!



Charles Clymer?Verified account @cmclymer 55m55 minutes ago

Charles Clymer Retweeted John Niven

.@realDonaldTrump I see you've been caught buying new "followers". Too bad you couldn't buy fake people to attend your shitty inauguration.

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[C_U_L8R]

6. A President's computer account

Swarming with Russian bots.
What could go wrong?

[riversedge]

10. We will find out I am sure.

[L. Coyote]

7. Millions of Fake Twitter followers tweeting about #FakeNews accusations, good strategy!

[Amaryllis]

46. REmember this? Critical story that needs more attention.

From British point of view but connects dots with the global mobsters and Trump and Co.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy?CMP=share_btn_tw

A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum. As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose?

It also reveals a critical and gaping hole in the political debate in Britain. Because what is happening in America and what is happening in Britain are entwined. Brexit and Trump are entwined. The Trump administration’s links to Russia and Britain are entwined. And Cambridge Analytica is one point of focus through which we can see all these relationships in play; it also reveals the elephant in the room as we hurtle into a general election: Britain tying its future to an America that is being remade - in a radical and alarming way - by Trump.

There are three strands to this story. How the foundations of an authoritarian surveillance state are being laid in the US. How British democracy was subverted through a covert, far-reaching plan of coordination enabled by a US billionaire. And how we are in the midst of a massive land grab for power by billionaires via our data. Data which is being silently amassed, harvested and stored. Whoever owns this data owns the future.

My entry point into this story began, as so many things do, with a late-night Google. Last December, I took an unsettling tumble into a wormhole of Google autocomplete suggestions that ended with “did the holocaust happen”. And an entire page of results that claimed it didn’t.

Much more at link

[underthematrix]

8. Why are you freaked out?

[Qutzupalotl]

18. Bots can be used to amplify propaganda

and Russia has used them on Twitter to great effect. Think about the trolls we get here, but many times worse. They don't just waste our time, they discourage our side and shift public opinion in their direction. Not much by any individual, but when millions are mobilized, the effect is significant.

[underthematrix]

43. I think that only works on people who aren't critical thinkers. I saw

lots of crazy shit about HRC last year and I ignored it or reported it or blocked it.

[Qutzupalotl]

44. Trump has about 15 million bot followers.

If you think arguing against a dozen bots is tiring, they'll send 30 just to wear you down. Bots never sleep.

[underthematrix]

45. Why would you argue with them?

I think white folks need to wonder why they've been the target of psyops for the past 25 years.

After passage of the Civil and Voting Rights Act, psyops were used on AfAms to increase delinquent behavior and reduce prosocial behavior such as academic excellence and educational achievement.

[Qutzupalotl]

56. I didn't say I did.

But some people do. Countering propaganda is important. Letting it stand is almost tacit approval. There are people who read all the replies and form an opinion on an issue based on how the debate went.

Do you have a link about psyops so I know what you're referring to, and how it relates to these bots?

[underthematrix]

57. Hey I apologize. I was using the grand you.

Here's the link you requested.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare

[Qutzupalotl]

58. Thanks. Do you have a link specifically about the targeting of whites and AAs

that you referenced above? I didn't see anything about that in the article, and am still not sure what you mean.

[Sunlei]

9. Donald could open another "personal account" or block any if he wanted. I tweet him at

@white house, @POTUS because I want him to have my tweets on the record.

The personal account has had about the same 24ish he follows for over a year.

I don't know why twitter allows bots AND spamming on a free platform.

[Control-Z]

13. It is irresponsible of Twitter to allow these bots

to be purchased by the million. With the current investigations going on it seems close to criminal to me.

[Sunlei]

19. twitter could ban or suspend accounts for botting or spamming. perhaps media groups like

kellyannes online social media business, businesses like fox news, breibart news pay extra to have bot armies spreading propaganda

[riversedge]

14. Malcome Nance has a responce.....

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CaptainsLog2017

🖖🏽 Retweeted
CaptainsLog2017
🖖🏽? @CaptainsLog2017 2h2 hours ago

CaptainsLog2017

🖖🏽 Retweeted J?SŦ?R ✪ ?CŦU?L³³º¹

Looks like Trump is losing supporters

And replacing them with bots to keep the retweets up

Another sad reaction from a sad, sad man

CaptainsLog2017

🖖🏽 added,
J?SŦ?R ✪ ?CŦU?L³³º¹ @th3j35t3r
Replying to @th3j35t3r @realDonaldTrump
^^^ Trumps 'War Room'
2 replies 61 retweets 67 likes

Remy Retweeted
The Anti-Trump? @IMPL0RABLE 5h5 hours ago

The Anti-Trump Retweeted J?SŦ?R ✪ ?CŦU?L³³º¹

All you have to do is peek at Trumps followers to see the sea of grey avatar-less bots being created to pad his follows.

The Anti-Trump added,
J?SŦ?R ✪ ?CŦU?L³³º¹ @th3j35t3r
Replying to @th3j35t3r @realDonaldTrump
^^^ Trumps 'War Room'
9 replies 140 retweets 198 likes

Damon Bethea Retweeted
Stephen Lautens? @stephenlautens 4h4 hours ago
Replying to @th3j35t3r @realDonaldTrump

.Amazing to see Trump's Twitter account bloat up today with non-tweeting bots...
35 replies 357 retweets 388 likes

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Broadsword_Six? @Broadsword_Six 2h2 hours ago

Broadsword_Six Retweeted Malcolm Nance

Concur 100%. Bots are in full frontal attack this morning.





Broadsword_Six added,
Malcolm Nance Verified account @MalcolmNance
Concur w/ @th3j35t3r Russian Cyber warfare support ramping up for @POTUS? Key intelligence indicator of impending major political activity.

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Caroline O.? @RVAwonk 3h3 hours ago
Replying to @RVAwonk

4. Following. Accounts following 5,000 users are suspect. Twitter limits u to 5,000 until you have 5k followers. Many bots get stuck @ 5,000

[Txbluedog]

21. The only thing that can be done is call Trump out on this

Twitter is not going to BAN the twitler in chief even if they really wanted to

[TheBlackAdder]

17. Kremlin0001, Kremlin0002, etc. PutinLuvr0001, PutinLuvr0002, etc. RedDawn0001, RedDawn0002, etc.

.

Counter that with a bot that puts out a bunch of obviouslt fake pro-Russian account names.

.

[SDJay]

22. So The Propaganda Machine

is about to kick into high gear. That's why all these bots are there. They'll retweet/like/etc so whatever bullshit spews out of his phone will suddenly be trending. It's dirty, but WTF do you expect from this frickin guy at this point?

And yes, Twitter expressly disallows this practice:

https://support.twitter.com/articles/20171870

But I won't be holding my breath that anything will actually be done about this.

[Sunlei]

23. They should dump all followers, let people re follow and ban bots. he has over HALF fake followers.

:large

[SDJay]

27. They Should, But

I'd be surprised if they did. President Dufus is a cash cow for them.

[cwydro]

24. The only thing that freaks me out about twitter

is how many people hang on every twit's tweet.

What a bunch of nonsense.

[JoeStuckInOH]

35. This precisely. I'll bet my twitter account would be classified as a "fake"

I have a twitter account, follow 1 other account, have zero posts, and no updated profile or picture. I use it to get information from the account I follow because they don't publish or email the info out otherwise. I'll bet my twitter account would be classified as a "fake" account if anyone were to inspect it.

[riversedge]

25. Trump "War Room" is blocking critics, just bought 3 million bots. All effort to dominate soc med co

RiskyLiberal? @RiskyLiberal

Trump "War Room" is blocking critics, just bought 3 million bots. All effort to dominate soc med convo, trending topics. Act accordingly
2:43 PM - 30 May 2017

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[Blue_Tires]

26. Meh... I just block those fuckers right back

And I already muted+blocked Trump back in December... Don't know why more people don't do it...

[orangecrush]

28. This is alarming

Prepare for major breaking news soon.

[ffr]

29. You're probably right. That or he's planning another election bid early.

And needs to have a bunch of positive leaning fake bot conversations to give the appearance it's grass roots.

It worked once, only months ago. I could easily see it happening and working on weak minded Republicans again.

[riversedge]

32. and then watch as they (the fake accoount bots ) pile on.

[-Steph-]

30. I've bookmarked several of the bot accounts because I'm curious to see if they're just to pad his

numbers on Twitter, or if it's to spread misinformation and propaganda. So far none of the ones I've added have tweeted anything, but I'll be checking each day to see if that changes.

[riversedge]

33. Good idea.

[volstork]

36. Why is this scary?

Sorry-- I'm not on twitter and don't really understand the ins and outs of it...

[Wounded Bear]

42. It's the social network equivalent of chatter before a terrorist attack...

When Intel agencies get a lot of communications from suspects they monitor, they call it "chatter" and brace for an impending attack somewhere. They mine the data to try and find clues about where and when, but mostly they just raise alert levels.

When the Trumpsters start manufacturing bots on Twitter, it could indicate a coming major media blitz, mostly on the twitterverse and facebook, in an attempt to move the polls or something.

[volstork]

54. Got it

Thank you for the clarification

[Calista241]

38. That's kinda what my twitter account looks like.

I signed up to follow Neil DeGrasse Tyson and a few others, but i've never tweeted, and never uploaded anything.

The activity is suspicious, but not necessarily totally fake.

NDG is a genius by the way. Very entertaining twitter feed.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. The bots are to divert, clog up, and otherwise interfere with real news about TrumpRussia. . . . nt

[tanyev]

41. Perhaps Donny had a Trumpertantrum when he scrolled through his own feed and saw negative responses.

[Mr. Ected]

47. Question to Mainstream Media:

Why isn't this newsworthy?

[bresue]

48. That is funny...since I noticed the opposite yesterday am.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029132013

I had noticed a 90% negative posting to his tweet account yesterday. I asked where there Calvary was. Maybe the "war room" read what I posted...so got busy reassuring Dump!

[LAS14]

49. Another stupid question.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/followers

What is the difference between "followers" and "following?"

[TheDebbieDee]

50. Followers are the number of accounts/people following the tweeter...

Following is the number of accounts/people that the tweeter follows...

I hope that made sense!

[LAS14]

53. Crystal clear. Thanks so much. nt

[spanone]

51. i fear his delicate ego....he could go off. he is unstable...

[Progressive dog]

55. Daily News has this

The tweeter-in-chief has picked up roughly 3 million Twitter followers in recent days, most of which appear to be recently created Twitter bots.

Screenwriter John Niven pointed out Tuesday morning that Trump's account saw a big spike in followers over the weekend, most of them newly created accounts without photos or tweets — telltale signs of Twitter bots.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-trump-twitter-followers-bots-article-1.3207520