Twitter board member Martha Lane Fox didn’t deny having fake followers on the company’s network after a New York Times investigation exposed her. She blamed it on a “rogue employee.”
But in regards to the actual company that supplied her with fake fo…
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Twitter influencers suspect a bot ‘purge’
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Dan LaMorte lost 500 Twitter followers last weekend. As a comedian, he made a joke of it.
Twitter deleted millions of accounts over night, leading to me losing 500 followers by the time I woke up. At least send me flowers if you’re going to fuck me that hard over night Twitter.
— Dan LaMorte (@DanLaMorte) January 28, 2018
Actress Adina Porter, known for her roles in True Blood and American Horror Story, responded to LaMorte’s tweet with her own experience:
I lost 5-6K since yesterday.
— Adina Porter (@AdinaPorter) January 28, 2018
Coincidence? It’s difficult to tell, but the drop for both users did come shorty after a New York Times investigation named influential figures who had purchased fake Twitter followers, and exposed a service called Devumi which provides them. Read more…
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A president, an actress from Scandal, an American Idol contestant, and a star quarterback were just four of the many influential figures found to have purchased fake Twitter followers, via a New York Times investigation published Saturday.
But while these acts are shady and can influence the results of something — from getting a customer service complaint in front of Volvo to a presidential campaign — they are often overlooked by the platforms themselves.
Twitter says it does invest in fighting bots, as in false or spam accounts. But it doesn’t always suspend users that are purchasing fake engagement to spread their messages or just tout their reach. That policy comes even as the Times found evidence of influential figures using a service called Devumi to purchase followers and shared that information with Twitter. Read more…
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