Sure are a lot of fake #twitter accounts retweeting messages on #Maddow tag #tlot #tcot
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Liberty (@Libertymeme) March 01, 2013
A thread at Free Republic suggests that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow “has been using phony twitter accounts to boost her ‘mentions’ on” Twitter. A search yields hundreds of identical tweets like this:
https://twitter.com/sexyayeshamoosa/statuses/305314430630113280
https://twitter.com/missshericelanz/status/305314823783202816
https://twitter.com/sexy_joyabroadn/status/306461609465884672
https://twitter.com/its_kassie5838/status/307799405967310849
https://twitter.com/therealtranmanh/status/307566196922937344
Twitter user @LeftyBollocks shared a screen shot of just some of the tweets from apparent spambots.
The tweets from cleavage-flaunting Maddow “fans” date back to at least Feb. 23. Using the DoesFollow service, Twitchy checked dozens of the accounts to determine whether any actually follow Rachel Maddow on Twitter.
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The answer?

In fact, many of these accounts have few followers and follow no one, and most have tweeted the hashtag #TeamFollowback. That hashtag is often used by spammers to build follower counts so their accounts seem more legitimate.
https://twitter.com/missshericelanz/status/307898794803097600
https://twitter.com/sexy_joyabroadn/status/307817891535912963
You’re unique! Just like every other Maddow-lovin’ spammer.
Did Maddow or one of her staffers launch a paid campaign to trend the #Maddow hashtag on Twitter?
Conservative Twitter users have their suspicions.
For now, the flood of #Maddow spam-tweets appears to have ended.
Heh.
Update:
And … they’re back:
https://twitter.com/hottietarra7778/status/307902239232643072
https://twitter.com/itsdainebahamon/status/307903249766309892
Update:
Twitter suspends fake accounts that pimped Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show
Update:
MSNBC tweeted a statement that was retweeted by the verified Maddow Blog account.




















