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  • Audit: Two-Thirds of Hillary's Twitter Followers Fake

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #167406  by Replay
 Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:03 am
This did come out of a Sanders supporter's account - however, having been looking at the Twitter pages of both candidates in question, I think there's a very good chance these numbers are accurate.

Hillary's page is VERY short on actual supporters if you read the replies.

Scary stuff. Trump is not faking his support level. If the DNC is determined to ramrod Hillary into the nomination at any cost, she could indeed lose the general election.


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 #167410  by ManaMan
 Mon Dec 21, 2015 4:31 pm
I wonder how many of the accounts were created by the Clinton campaign and how many are bogus spam/porn accounts trying to connect to popular people. Unless they have a team of people creating fake accounts all day I doubt they'd be able to create that many.
 #167411  by Don
 Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:07 pm
It's hard to say without knowing the terminology involved, though it wouldn't surprise me if say half a million of the 'fake' accounts are the guys who had an offer for a free small fries at a fast food place if they signed up as a follower.