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sky_masterson

(421 posts)
Sun Jan 28, 2024, 09:52 AM Jan 2024

Beware of fake Join dates on X/Twitter

I have been on twitter for many moons with few followers. Lately I've been getting tons of followers posing as pretty women.
All with join dates a year or more old with few followers ,but following many, with zero replies or post on their accounts.
Apparently you can start an account on X using a phone with the date set wrong and create these accounts.
I found a forum that briefly discussed this:
"Aha I got it now!!!
well in this case this person when he is signing up for Twitter his phone time and date was in 1970, so he was using an old phone that whenever he gets into any site they show him that the certificate is expired and this mostly happens in Nokia"

Just a FYI.

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Beware of fake Join dates on X/Twitter (Original Post) sky_masterson Jan 2024 OP
Every new Delphinus Jan 2024 #1
Every like I get is from a sexy nympho sky_masterson Jan 2024 #2
I also have numerous pretty women followers who almost surely fall into the "bot" category True Dough Jan 2024 #3
I get a new "this person isn't real" follower daily AZSkiffyGeek Jan 2024 #4
I've always assumed those accounts were bots. brooklynite Jan 2024 #5

Delphinus

(11,860 posts)
1. Every new
Sun Jan 28, 2024, 09:57 AM
Jan 2024

person that follows me generally has less than 100 followers and few of their own posts. But scroll a little further and there is the porn.

True Dough

(17,456 posts)
3. I also have numerous pretty women followers who almost surely fall into the "bot" category
Sun Jan 28, 2024, 10:06 AM
Jan 2024

and I also have a disproportionately high number of right-wing followers. It must be Elmo's attempt to brainwash Dems. While I refuse to abandon his platform, I will forever eschew his agenda.

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,236 posts)
4. I get a new "this person isn't real" follower daily
Sun Jan 28, 2024, 11:56 AM
Jan 2024

Always liking some random post of mine. Always no posts. Always July 2023 join date. Always around 4k following and about 40 followers. I block and move on every day.

brooklynite

(95,268 posts)
5. I've always assumed those accounts were bots.
Sun Jan 28, 2024, 01:39 PM
Jan 2024

I will say the ones that follow me are always very polite.....

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