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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by c3534l on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:14PM (#15560924)
Someone did a linguistic analysis and demonstrated that there are two writers of Trump's tweets. Trump's were all the crazy ones, his handler's were all of the moderate ones and the ones that walked back what was said previously.
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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by wickawic on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:22PM (#15561011)
It was even easier than that at one point. The handlers and Trump had different mobile OSes

http://www.businessinsider.com/realdonaldtrump-data-suggests...

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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by huac on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:20PM (#15560990)
those are from a campaign staffer; twitter is not actually writing tweets for trump, or anyone else.

a handler is somebody who makes the blue check feel comfortable on the platform, e.g. banning people who disagree with them

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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by c3534l on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:27PM (#15561073)
I only know in the context of celebrities. Normally a handler is a person, manager, agent, personal assistant, who helps a celebrity deal with public appearances.
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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by jakelarkin on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:30PM (#15561105)
its more or less well known that Dan Scavino, Trump's social media dir, posts to Trump's twitter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/10...

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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by JohnTHaller on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:20PM (#15560986)
You didn't even need to do that previously. Just hit the API and look if it originated on iOS or Android.
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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by krick on Thursday October 26, 2017 @02:07PM (#15561455)
So does Trump use Android or iOS?
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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by JohnTHaller on Thursday October 26, 2017 @03:14PM (#15562067)
Trump had an Android phone while his handlers used iOS.
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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by travmatt on Thursday October 26, 2017 @06:53PM (#15563950)
Other people have done longitudinal analyses and have talked about how there was also a shift in ~2011 as he launched the birther movement.
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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by c3534l on Thursday October 26, 2017 @09:18PM (#15564808)
Trump didn't "launch the birther movement" which started before Obama even got the Democratic nomination, let alone as late as 2011.
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Re:Twitter says it could turn first-ever profit by mesozoic on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:19PM (#15560981)
Or maybe the opposite?
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