@realDonaldTrump Twitter Account May Be Biggest Fake News of All Stephen C. Rose - BlastingNews
go to original May 29, 2017

A cursory bit of research anyone can do reveals President Donald Trump's twitter efforts may be the biggest fake news of all. Trump has a follower problem. You can see who his followers are by going to @realdonaldtrump and clicking on followers. When you do, you are struck by a curious fact. By a ratio of 8 or 9 to one, the president's followers give every sign of having been purchased.

One of the worst forms of spam on Twitter are efforts to lure you into buying thousands of "real" Twitter followers. The price is reasonable but the offer is a scam. What you get are the types of account Trump has. They have the current Twitter version of the old egg for an avatar, an empty person's head.

If you click on one of these accounts, you come to a blank profile with no bio. A message says this alleged follower has not tweeted yet. You get the same thing on account after account, sometimes from places as unlikely as Mexico. There is no one there. It's a bit like the Wizard of Oz.

Trump now claims over 30 million followers. If the ratio you get now holds, you can assume that the bulk of the president's present Twitter account is fake.

News media report Trump's following as truth. If his account shows 30 million that's what goes into the story. If it is largely fake, it would be as if his tax returns revealed he was not really a billionaire.

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