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mzteaze

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29. Thanks for Caution on Jester

Tue May 30, 2017, 12:16 PM

May 2017

Yes, I've noticed that Jester has been a bit of a fraud since the Prince Phillip debacle AND that he won't apologize for any of those fake posts.

Also, he's been a lot less vocal other than to snip at other former followers.

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Twitter folk in the know (about Twitter) think Trump is up to something [View all] justiceischeap May 2017 OP

Q: how do you tell they are bots? Ilsa May 2017 #1

Brand new accounts with no bio or profile pic justiceischeap May 2017 #2

I Probably Meet the Criteria Leith May 2017 #35

I'm sure I meet some of the criteria, but I signed up Ilsa May 2017 #60

The bots are tweeting every four minutes. L. Coyote May 2017 #61

no pofiles mercuryblues May 2017 #4

Some people weren't twitter users onlyadream May 2017 #50

Check this out... Javaman May 2017 #8

Thank you. nt Ilsa May 2017 #10

Bots are repeaters, hundreds of fake accounts pushing a hashtag or link up in rank. See this: L. Coyote May 2017 #27

Hackers who shut down DU went after the DU page reporting the bots, trolls and beating: L. Coyote May 2017 #31

I remember when this happened, but Ilsa May 2017 #59

Plus you can tell when they repeat the same talking point nt maryellen99 May 2017 #44

Probably the Russians are donating the bots for free. Kablooie May 2017 #3

It's about time Twitter closed this clown's account C_U_L8R May 2017 #5

So true. Let him tweet his madness from @POTUS. nt justiceischeap May 2017 #6

They never will shut it down. Else You Are Mad May 2017 #52

Hmm, what to do? Be president or block twitter users? DeminPennswoods May 2017 #7

Use taxpayer money to have a $100,000 a year WH staffer block Twitter user on his personal account. L. Coyote May 2017 #37

Maybe everyone should close their Twitter accounts and make "Twitter" accountable for 33taw May 2017 #9

Yeah, that horse is out of the barn justiceischeap May 2017 #11

He is not deleting user accounts, but blocking users. That is very different. 33taw May 2017 #22

Everyone with a brain understands the importance of Twitter in politics today. L. Coyote May 2017 #39

You can... mzteaze May 2017 #12

Yes but it appears he's doing the opposite justiceischeap May 2017 #14

More likely mzteaze May 2017 #25

Seems obvious why BumRushDaShow May 2017 #26

Some followers are there to see the tweets in real time so they can counter them immediately. L. Coyote May 2017 #43

!!!! BumRushDaShow May 2017 #46

I'm sure Putin is doing this for free as part of the quid pro quo. DK504 May 2017 #13

Maybe they think if he never hears "a discouraging word" annabanana May 2017 #15

Not true. SticksnStones May 2017 #16

Thanks for the info to balance this out. nt justiceischeap May 2017 #20

Peace. SticksnStones May 2017 #21

Thanks for Caution on Jester mzteaze May 2017 #29

Unless maybe the "Pro" version of the audit gives you the most recent data BumRushDaShow May 2017 #30

30.9 mil is his current followers tally SticksnStones May 2017 #45

I think the claim was "overnight" BumRushDaShow May 2017 #49

The Twitterverse claim was that in the past three days trump has added 5 mil users. SticksnStones May 2017 #53

I know this Jester character BumRushDaShow May 2017 #54

I agree that in this age of information coming from so many different angles SticksnStones May 2017 #56

Thanks for the information! Iplayoneontv May 2017 #62

Welcome to DU! SticksnStones May 2017 #63

When you click on his followers, many accounts were created this month. sarcasmo May 2017 #17

Whats the point of removign human followers and adding bot followers? JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #18

He is removing anyone that disagrees with him. 33taw May 2017 #24

But what's so significant about bot followers? Why does that signify an upcoming event? JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #33

He can control the message with bot accounts he creates. 33taw May 2017 #40

It's a multi dimensional fakeout SticksnStones May 2017 #41

Users who are blocked can't see your posts and can't comment on them. It silences the opposition. L. Coyote May 2017 #34

Indeed the epitome of fakeness. "When all else fails, manipulate the data". GAH iluvtennis May 2017 #19

Manufacturing consent has metempsychosized into pure fakery manufacturing likes, retweets, follows L. Coyote May 2017 #51

Facebook and Twitter could and should be American first. usaf-vet May 2017 #23

Desperate times call for desperate measures...these Trump traitors C Moon May 2017 #28

GOING AFTER SOCIAL MEDIA pangaia May 2017 #32

Happening already ... new excuse for why TrumpRussia should be ignored ... cry FAKE! L. Coyote May 2017 #36

From Malcolm Nance: DesertRat May 2017 #38

Respect to Nance and his service to this country but SticksnStones May 2017 #47

As a proaction or as a reaction? Nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #42

Bots inflate LIKES for Trump's tweets. Half Trump's tweets likes & RTs come from Russian bots. L. Coyote May 2017 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot May 2017 #55

When you're blocked you can no longer read their feed while logged into your account. herding cats May 2017 #58

I saw this about fake accounts, not sure it's true: phylny May 2017 #57