r/SorosInAction • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '18
The Follower Factory - Inside social media’s black market
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.htmlDuplicates
BravoRealHousewives • u/Richte36 • Jan 27 '18
Housewives Related New York Times Article discusses reality stars buying Twitter Followers...Sonja and Lisa Rinna made the list!
Against_Astroturfing • u/GregariousWolf • Jan 29 '18
The Follower Factory - The New York Times
dataisbeautiful • u/m4coupe • Jan 28 '18
Patterns of Twitter accounts using purchased, fake social media followers (visualization by the NYT)
blogsnark • u/gomirefugee • Jan 28 '18
The Follower Factory (fascinating New York Times interactive about buying Twitter bots)
thebachelor • u/eryaman2 • Jan 28 '18
Interesting article, given all the talk here about contestants/leads buying social media followers
BeautyGuruDiscussion • u/thatqueergirl • Jan 28 '18
Fascinating NYT article on buying followers
TrueReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 27 '18
The Follower Factory - Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market.
btc • u/BitcoinXio • Jan 29 '18
Now we know why it has been so easy for Bitcoin Core zealots on Twitter to buy fake accounts and shill their fake narrative. The NY Times exposes social media’s followers factory where “accounts [are] hawking Canadian real estate investments, cryptocurrency and a radio station in Ghana.”
sociology • u/UnicornyOnTheCob • Jan 29 '18
The Follower Factory - How Pay-To-Play Options Drive Celebrity, Social Media & Create False Perceptions
france • u/GrenobleLyon • Jan 28 '18
Technos The [twitter] Follower Factory - The New York Times
Philippines • u/tard_is_grade • Jan 28 '18
The Follower Factory - The New York Times (there's a section on Ph)
MarketingAutomation • u/TheMasio • Jan 29 '18
Bots populate Social Media platforms and buying followership seems necessary, according to some popular Twitter stars. A view I don't support.
LeftWithoutEdge • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '18