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Re:How many bots are on Twitter? Question is tough to answer... by serial_dev on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @04:06AM (#31501781)
Twitter (used to?) recommend accounts to follow (I remember Obama, Shakira, WaPo, and I'm sure NYT) when you sign up with a new account, and those accounts probably have highly inflated number of followers with extremely low engagement (new users don't always stock around).
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Re:How many bots are on Twitter? Question is tough to answer... by ProfXponent on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @05:24AM (#31502207)
Recently created an alt account and they still do this.

It was mostly “influencers”.

One thing I have noticed is that Twitter REALLY wants me to follow Elon Musk. He’s at the top of pretty much every recommendation I’ve seen on the site.

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