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Re:We have bought followers fo $5 and discovered 15M botnet ... by imaginenore on Friday June 03, 2016 @10:11PM (#11834572)
$1M from 15M fake accounts is rather low.

6.67 cents per account.

Isn't it easier and much more profitable to fake click ads at such scales?

Also getting 15M fake accounts means getting 15M fake emails, which isn't cheap:

https://buyaccs.com/en/

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Re:We have bought followers fo $5 and discovered 15M botnet ... by ryanlol on Saturday June 04, 2016 @04:17AM (#11835486)
>Also getting 15M fake accounts means getting 15M fake emails, which isn't cheap

Unless you create them yourself, which seems rather logical if you're in the account creation business anyway.

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Re:We have bought followers fo $5 and discovered 15M botnet ... by ikeboy on Friday June 03, 2016 @10:19PM (#11834600)
You don't need to verify email to use Twitter.
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