This can't be good.......Ryan challenger, Bryce, bought twitter followers.

[a kennedy]

The Republican side of Wisconsin's political divide shouted Saturday that Democrat Randy Bryce was a phony after reading in The New York Times that the ironworker paid money a few years ago to gain Twitter followers.

The Times' story refers to Bryce only once among many examples of celebrities, athletes, pastors, models, politicians and even reality television stars who have purchased Twitter followers from an obscure American company named Devumi.

"Devumi sells Twitter followers and retweets to celebrities, businesses and anyone who wants to appear more popular or exert influence online," according to the Times. The story reported: "While Twitter and other platforms prohibit buying followers, Devumi and dozens of other sites openly sell them."


https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2018/01/27/gop-atwitter-over-report-paul-ryan-challenger-randy-bryce-bought-fake-twitter-followers/1072359001/

[Loki Liesmith]

1. So what?

People uses those services to grow their outreach. It’s essentually advertising.

[dewsgirl]

2. I read about this the other day, saw only the name Bryce, I was seriously hoping

It wasn't him. It will definitely be problematic. I don't understand why he would do it, I assume with Trump it's an ego thing, but Iron Stache had thousands of followers, I am one of them.

[Itchinjim]

3. BFD. Nothing matters anymore.

After Trump, there are no scandals.

[JDC]

4. He should have spent the money silencing porn stars after he slept with them

That's fine. Twitter fakery: Outrage!

Twitter is shit. It is worthless garbage used to manipulate the masses in real-time. F Twitter.

[Freethinker65]

5. In 2015 he paid under $20 for under 2000 followers to try to promote a blog. This is news?

Middle schoolers in my Chicago suburb have outspent him!

Bloggers/vloggers have been doing this for years to increase traffic to their sites. They even post about how it works.

Now if he is continuing to buy virtual popularity and interest on social media to pad interest in his campaign, I might have a problem with it.

[riversedge]

6. @MarkPocans guest, work boots and all. -is Randy Bryce, *(Paul Ryan's opponent)...

Randy Bryce?Verified account @IronStache

Since @SpeakerRyan won’t answer questions here in Wisconsin, we’ve got to go to DC. I’m off to attend the State of the Union as @MarkPocan’s guest, work boots and all. Text IronSOTU to 97779 for updates from my trip.

Link to tweet

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2018/01/27/gop-atwitter-over-report-paul-ryan-challenger-randy-bryce-bought-fake-twitter-followers/1072359001/




This is a nothingburger!!

GOP atwitter over report that Paul Ryan challenger Randy Bryce bought fake Twitter followers
Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 5:48 p.m. CT Jan. 27, 2018 | Updated 6:14 p.m. CT Jan. 27, 2018
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(Photo: Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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The Republican side of Wisconsin's political divide shouted Saturday that Democrat Randy Bryce was a phony after reading in The New York Times that the ironworker paid money a few years ago to gain Twitter followers.............................

..........Here is the sentence that set the GOP atwitter: "Randy Bryce, an ironworker seeking to unseat Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, purchased Devumi followers in 2015, when he was a blogger and labor activist."

The timing is before his campaign against Ryan. Bryce, a U.S. Army veteran and union ironworker, is challenging Ryan's bid for re-election Nov. 6 in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District. Bryce has an opponent in the Democratic primary in August, Cathy Myers, a Janesville School Board member.

Bryce, a Caledonia Democrat, goes by @IronStache on Twitter. The account says it has 216,000 followers.

"Back in 2015, Randy spent about $10-$20 to buy 1,000 to 1,500 followers," said Lauren Hitt, a spokeswoman for the Bryce campaign. "He was trying out blogging at the time.