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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:24 PM Aug 2012

Mitt Romney Violated Twitter’s Terms of Service by Buying Fake Followers




An analysis of Mitt Romney’s one day gain over 100,000 Twitter followers has revealed that most of his new followers are fake accounts.

On July 21, Mitt Romney’s Twitter account suddenly gained over 100,000 new followers in a day. This development was odd, because Romney wasn’t even campaigning due to the Colorado movie theater shootings.

An analysis by Barracuda Labs sheds some light on who, or more specifically what these new followers are. Note: the analysis included the four days after the sudden spike in followers.

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-romney-violated-twitters-terms-service-buying-fake-followers.html



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Mitt Romney Violated Twitter’s Terms of Service by Buying Fake Followers (Original Post) Tx4obama Aug 2012 OP
Mitt's a twit. Scuba Aug 2012 #1
Wonderful!! He's screwing up more and more ailsagirl Aug 2012 #2
He'll be thrown right off Twitter MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #3
 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
3. He'll be thrown right off Twitter
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:36 PM
Aug 2012

if not, Eric Holder will promptly start an investigation.

THIS WILL NOT STAND!!!

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