Twitter: From 'Engagement' Bots to Fake Stats

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-06-29 04:06:59 UTC
Modified: 2022-06-29 04:06:59 UTC

Recent: Elon Musk is Right About Twitter Faking Its Importance and Using Doctored, Manipulated 'Stats' (or Bots) to Boost Valuation Based on Lies | Visual Proof That Twitter Very Likely Faked Its Magnitude the Moment Musk et al (KSA, Ellison and so on) Wanted to Buy

I've not posted anything in nearly 4 months; this is clearly a mistake, but such mistakes fool and motivate "useds" in the platform (thinking Twitter has more impact than it really has)

Summary: Just like in YouTube, where SPAMnil still engages in clickfraud (bots that fake the number of views), Twitter is clearly misleading everybody to give a false sense of importance

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