PropertyValue
?:author
?:datePublished
  • 2017-05-31 (xsd:date)
?:headline
  • Did President Trump's Twitter Account Gain Five Million New Bot Followers in Three Days? (en)
?:inLanguage
?:itemReviewed
?:mentions
?:reviewBody
  • On 30 May 2017, the web site Empty Lighthouse Magazine reported that President Donald Trump's Twitter account gained 5 million new followers in three days — the bulk of which were fake, automated profiles known as bots: According to archived snapshots of President Trump's Twitter account, he did not gain a net five million followers in the three days prior to 30 May 2017. As of the end of the month, Trump's personal account has a total of 31 million — he gained 3 million new followers for the entire month of May. According to archives, it has taken Trump since the beginning of March to gain a total of 5 million new followers. Here is an archived image of President Trump's account from 3 March 2017: That number steadily degraded through the month of May — although TwitterAudit's David Caplan cautioned that the margin of error for the fraction representing real users is large because of the large numbers in play. Although many of Trump's new followers do appear to be fake accounts that do not belong to actual people, the phenomenon is not specific to him. Recent followers to accounts like Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and even CNN Breaking News that have larger followings seem to be experiencing the same pattern. (en)
?:reviewRating
rdf:type
?:url